http://www.russodaily.com/index.html Fri, 18 MAY 2012 10:50:38 AEST Fri, 18 MAY 2012 10:50:38 AEST en-us A mere 200 meters away from the Kremlin, Thuraya Telecommunications Company, the leading international mobile satellite operator has announced the launch of its mobile satellite services in Russia in partnership with GTNT. The announcement was made at a press conference at the Congress Centre of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of the Russian Federation in Moscow, attended by Thuraya's]]> Fri, 18 MAY 2012 10:50:38 AEST Russian news agency RIA Novosti has sent a stereo photo camera to the International Space Station (ISS) and asked its members to make a report about life onboard the orbital complex, chief of the agency's image department Vladimir Baranov said on Wednesday. "Russian cosmonauts Gennady Padalka and Sergei Revin who on Tuesday left for the ISS onboard Soyuz TMA-04M space shuttle, took a speci]]> Fri, 18 MAY 2012 10:50:38 AEST The College of Education at Texas Tech announced a NASA astronaut has been accepted to its doctoral program in education. Joseph Acaba launched May 14 for a four-month tour of duty aboard the Russian Soyuz TMA-04M spacecraft as part of the team for Mission 31/32 to the International Space Station. He also has been accepted to Texas Tech's new Blended Delivery Ph.D. in Curriculum and Instru]]> Fri, 18 MAY 2012 10:50:38 AEST Two Russian cosmonauts and a NASA astronaut launched aboard the Soyuz TMA-04M spacecraft from the Baikonur Space Center in Kazakhstan on Tuesday have begun a two-day flight to the International Space Station (ISS). The capsule separated from the third and last stage of the Soyuz-FG launch vehicle, a spokesman for Russian space agency Roscosmos said. It reached orbit less than ten min]]> Fri, 18 MAY 2012 10:50:38 AEST A newly published collection of more than 20 studies by leading university scientists and government fishery researchers in Alaska, British Columbia, Washington, Oregon, California, Russia and Japan provides mounting evidence that salmon raised in man-made hatcheries can harm wild salmon through competition for food and habitat. "The genetic effects of mixing hatchery fish with wild popula]]> Fri, 18 MAY 2012 10:50:38 AEST According to CEO of Russia's Almaz-Antei advanced arms makers Dr Vladislav Menshikov, his company continues work, started decades ago in the Soviet Union, to develop powerful airborne lasers capable of shooting down hostile aircraft and incoming missiles. Sources say a weapon of this kind can destroy targets travelling at altitudes of up to 40 kilometers. Chief Editor of the Natsionalnaya ]]> Fri, 18 MAY 2012 10:50:38 AEST Russia does not exclude preemptive use of weapons against [NATO] missile defense systems in Europe but only as a last resort, the Russian General Staff said on Thursday at a missile defense conference in Moscow. "The placement of new strike weapons in the south and northwest of Russia against [NATO] missile defense components, including the deployment of Iskander missile systems in Kalinin]]> Fri, 18 MAY 2012 10:50:38 AEST Moscow reiterated on Tuesday it may deploy Iskander theater ballistic missiles in the Baltic exclave of Kaliningrad that will be capable of effectively engaging elements of the U.S. missile defense system in Poland. The missile defense system in Poland does not jeopardize Russia's nuclear forces, Army General Nikolai Makarov, chief of the General Staff of the Russian Armed Forces, said. ]]> Fri, 18 MAY 2012 10:50:38 AEST American research into hypersonic weapons, which the U.S. aims to complete by 2015, represents an especially serious threat to Russia, acting Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Rogozin said on Friday. "This breakthrough decision by the U.S. opens up for them the prospect of a transition from a demonstrator prototype to creation of a multirole hypersonic missile by 2015-2018," Rogozin said during]]> Fri, 18 MAY 2012 10:50:38 AEST The "Transneft" company and the Navigational Information Systems company have begun to create a system of transport monitoring with the help of GLONAS. The Russian GLONAS and the American GPS are now being used in Russia in different transport systems. All public government transport in Russia is to be fitted with GLONAS starting from this year. The "Transneft" company wants to estab]]> Fri, 18 MAY 2012 10:50:38 AEST Effective system of placement and implementation of state defense orders will be established when new Russian government is forged, Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev said Tuesday. He was confirmed as the country's new prime minister by a majority of votes in the State Duma on Tuesday. United Russia and Liberal Democrats factions, all in all 299 deputies, voted in favor of his candidacy, 144 l]]> Fri, 18 MAY 2012 10:50:38 AEST By 2020, the Russian Air Force is to procure some 90 cutting-edge super-maneuverable Su-35S fighter jets, Air force spokesman Vladimir Drik told Ria-Novosti today. The Su-35S is a highly modernized version of the Su-27SM3 aircraft, which will replace the world-famous Su-27 planes, as well as the bulk of its modifications now deployed with the Russian air fleet, he said. span class="]]> Fri, 18 MAY 2012 10:50:38 AEST Russian businessman Victor Bout was sentenced back on April, 5th for 25 years in prison. That day his attorney Mr. Dayan set a plan to appeal the verdict. A.D.: I want to let you know that for Victor Bout this is not the end, that the journey is just beginning, that only now everyone's position is clear. We intend to appeal his conviction. He received the sentence of 25 years which was the]]> Fri, 18 MAY 2012 10:50:38 AEST An roundtable of experts on Russia's Air Force and ABM systems is slated for May 16, 2012, at the Voice of Russia radio station. It will tackle the implementation of the State Arms Program and try to get an up-close look at the developments in military aviation of the industry's world leaders. Renewed cash inflows into the State Arms Program and cutting-edge military technologies hav]]> Fri, 18 MAY 2012 10:50:38 AEST An employee at a Russian defense firm in the Urals region has been accused of passing secrets on the Bulava intercontinental missile to a foreign intelligence service, the Kommersant daily reported on Monday. The secrets concern the missile's guidance and control system, the paper said citing a law enforcement source. "There is conclusive evidence of his guilt," the source said, addi]]> Fri, 18 MAY 2012 10:50:38 AEST