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India, Russia sign nuclear energy, space deals
New Delhi (AFP) Dec 5, 2008Russia on Friday signed landmark accords with its traditional ally India on issues ranging from nuclear energy to space, as President Dmitry Medvedev met Indian leaders in a bid to bolster ties. The accords covered the building of four new nuclear energy reactors in Kudankulam in the southern state of Tamil Nadu, as well as a cooperation accord on manned space flight. Russia becomes the ... more China To Launch Probe To Mars With Russian Help In 2009 
Beijing (RIA Novosti) Dec 08, 2008China will send a space probe to Mars with Russia's assistance in October 2009, a Chinese newspaper said on Friday. Russia and China signed a cooperative agreement on the joint exploration of Mars on March 26, 2007. The project includes the launch of the Yinghuo-1 Chinese-made Mars probe. Yinghuo-1 and the Russian Phobos-Grunt probe will be sent together to Mars on a Russian Zenit ... more Russia, India To Sign Next-Gen Fighter Deal In Early 2009 
New Delhi, India (RIA Novosti) Dec 09, 2008Russia and India are due to sign a contract at the beginning of 2009 to jointly develop and produce a fifth-generation jet fighter, the head of the United Aircraft Corporation said on Friday. "We are planning to conclude the contract at the beginning of next year," Alexei Fedorov said. The Russian-Indian advanced multirole fighter is being developed by Sukhoi, which is part of ... more Fire on Russian naval ship kills one: reports 
Moscow (AFP) Dec 8, 2008A Russian naval officer on Monday was killed by a fire aboard a patrol boat docked in the Baltic port of Baltiysk, in Kaliningrad region, a naval spokesman said, quoted by Russian news agencies. "The body of the dead officer was found during an examination of the area on the Neukrotimy (Untameable) patrol ship where a fire had taken place," said the spokesman, Igor Dygalo, quoted by RIA Novo ... more Russia's Progress Cargo Spacecraft Buried In Pacific 
Moscow (RIA Novosti) Dec 08, 2008The Progress M-65 cargo spacecraft, which undocked from the International Space Station on September 17 and served as a temporary space lab, has been "buried" in the Pacific Ocean, Russia's Mission Control said Sunday. "The cargo spacecraft's remaining fragments fell into the ocean after re-entry into the Earth's atmosphere is 11:49 a.m. Moscow time [8:49 GMT] on Sunday," Mission Control ... more |
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Washington (UPI) Dec 4, 2008 Russia's troubled Bulava submarine-launched ballistic missile has finally won its decadelong battle for survival. Russia's First Deputy Prime Minister and former Defense Minister Sergei Ivanov announced Monday that the Kremlin had already approved full-scale production of the long-troubled Bulava. The Bulava (NATO designation SS-NX-30) is designed to have a range of 5,000 miles. ... more Analysis: China to develop Kazakh uranium 
Washington (UPI) Dec 5, 2008 In the new "great game" for the Caspian's hydrocarbon riches, one of the new petro-states, Kazakhstan, is seeking to diversify its energy exports by increasing its uranium exports. Western investors have focused on the country's massive oil and natural gas reserves -- hardly surprising in light of the fact that Kazakhstan has the world's second-largest proven uranium reserves after Australia ... more India promises to open nuclear sector to private players 
New Delhi (AFP) Dec 6, 2008India's government has pledged to open up its nuclear sector to private players -- once it completes bilateral civil nuclear cooperation pacts. The statement late Friday came after Indian Premier Manmohan Singh signed a landmark nuclear deal with Russian President Dmitry Medvedev earlier in the day covering the building of four new nuclear energy reactors in India. "Once negotiations ... more OECD indicators point to strong slowdowns in China, India, Russia 
Paris (AFP) Dec 5, 2008The OECD warned on Friday that emerging market powerhouses China, India and Russia faced a sharp fall in economic momentum in the near term, with prospects also weakening in leading industrialised countries. The Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development said its October composite index of economic indicators points "to a weakening outlook for all major seven economies but compared ... more |
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New Delhi (AFP) Dec 4, 2008President Dmitry Medvedev arrived in India on Thursday for a visit expected to see Russia agree to build new nuclear reactors in the country and show solidarity with its ally after the Mumbai attacks. A cornerstone of his trip to New Delhi -- whose strong ties with Moscow date back to the Soviet Union -- is set to be the signing of a new accord for Russia to build four new nuclear reactors ... more Chlorine leak at Siberian chemical factory: report 
Moscow (AFP) Dec 4, 2008About 30 kilograms of chlorine have leaked at a chemical factory in the Siberian region of Irkutsk but there were no immediate reports of casualties, Russia's Interfax news agency said Thursday. "On Wednesday, as a result of a faulty compressor in the Usoliekhim factory some 30 kilograms of chlorine leaked," a local official from the emergency ministry said, according to Interfax. ... more Analysis: Brazilian-Russian nuclear ties 
Washington (UPI) Dec 3, 2008 When the Obama administration takes office on Jan. 20, it will have a full foreign policy agenda. One of the most notable legacies of the Bush administration that Obama's government will have to address is eight years of drift in U.S. policy toward Latin America and Russia's consequent move into the vacuum created by Washington's inattention. One of the most notable economic stories of ... more Russia To Launch Two Telecoms Satellites In February 2009 
Moscow (RIA Novosti) Dec 04, 2008Russia will launch two telecoms satellites on February 11, the Russian Satellite Communications Company said on Wednesday. The Express-AM44 and Express-MD1 spacecraft have been built under the Russian Federal Space Program for 2006-2015, and will be launched from the Baikonur space center in Kazakhstan by a Proton-M carrier rocket with increased lifting power. "The Express-AM4 ... more
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