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German Radar Satellite TerraSAR-X Launched
Baikonur, Kazakhstan (SPX) Jun 15, 2007The successful launch of the German radar satellite TerraSAR-X on Friday 15 June 2007 at 08:14 local time (04:14 CEST) from the Russian Cosmodrome in Baikonur (Kazakhstan) represents the start of a new level of quality in the mapping of Earth. Over the next five years, new and high-quality radar images of our planet's surface will be collected. "The aim of the five-year mission is to use radar ... more North Korean Funds Transfer Delayed In Moscow Due To Technical Issues 
Tokyo (AFP) Jun 18, 2007Technical problems in Russia are holding up the transfer of North Korean funds linked to a nuclear disarmament deal, top US nuclear negotiator Christopher Hill said Saturday. Hill, currently in Mongolia, told reporters that the technical problems occurred as the funds were sent to a Russian bank, Japan's Kyodo News reported. However Hill said he believed that the problems would be ... more Former Cold War Foes Fail To Agree On Arms Treaty Review 
by Jean-Michel StoulligVienna (AFP) June 15, 2007 NATO member states and countries from the former Soviet bloc wrapped up Friday a four-day review of a key arms control pact without a final agreement. Both sides said however that they would maintain a dialogue. Anatoly Antonov, head of the Russian delegation, reflected growing tensions between Russia and the United States when he accused NATO countries of continuing ... more Putin Plays The BMD Game For Keeps 
Washington (UPI) June 15, 2007In order to prevent the United States from establishing a ballistic missile defense system aimed at Iran in Poland and the Czech Republic -- which Moscow sees as actually directed against Russia -- Russian President Vladimir Putin proposed at the recent Group of Eight summit that the United States and Russia set up such a system together in Azerbaijan. How will this gambit play out? ... more Russia Needs 92 Billion Dollars To Develop Eastern Gas Deposits By 2030 
Moscow (RIA Novosti) Jun 18, 2007A program to develop gas deposits in East Siberia and the Far East will require 2,400 billion rubles (about $92 billion) in investment by 2030, an official of Russia's industry and energy ministry said Friday. At its meeting June 15, the government commission for the fuel and energy complex discussed a program to create a single system of gas production, transportation, and supply in East ... more |
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Washington (AFP) June 14, 2007The United States Thursday defended plans to overhaul its sea-based nuclear arsenal with a new generation of warheads, arguing the program did not pose any extra threat to nations like Russia. The administration wants to replace much of its Cold War stockpile with a new "Reliable Replacement Warhead" (RRW) that it argues would be safer and cheaper to maintain over the coming decades. ... more Russian Utility Eyes 700-Million-Euro Kyoto Windfall 
Moscow (AFP) Jun 15, 2007Russia's electricity monopoly United Energy Systems hopes to attract investment worth 700 million euros under the Kyoto Protocol to combat global warming, CEO Anatoly Chubais said on Thursday. But he also issued a warning to consumers that they would have to foot the bill for technology needed to limit emissions within Russia, where electricity production has been booming. "Our aim is to ... more Communications with computers running ISS oxygen, water resume 
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Jun 14, 2007After hours of a glitch in Russian computers that control the International Space Station's critical oxygen and water supplies, communications with the systems have resumed, NASA spokesmen said Thursday. "They had a problem with those computers going off-line overnight," NASA spokesman Bill Jeffs told AFP from Houston, Texas. The first such mishap of its kind raised concerns the mission might have to be cut short. But now "they have reestablished communications" with the module and Russian central computers, Jeffs said. ... more Proton-M Rocket With US Satellite To Lift Off July 7 
Moscow (RIA Novosti) Jun 14, 2007The launch of a U.S. telecommunications satellite, DirecTV-10, on board a Russian Proton-M carrier rocket has been scheduled for July 7, a leading Russian space company said Wednesday. The DirecTV-10 is a commercial telecommunications satellite designed and manufactured by Boeing Space and Intelligence Systems to provide consumers across continental United States, Hawaii, and Alaska with local a ... more |
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Berlin (UPI) June 13, 2007While a joint U.S.-Russian missile defense system operated from a radar station in Azerbaijan may not make much sense, Russian President Vladimir Putin's proposal established one fact: Iran is seen by both powers as a serious threat -- an assessment that could help the West in convincing Moscow to agree to harsher economic sanctions. Putin's proposal at the Group of Eight summit to operate ... more Rosneft To Invest A Billion Dollars ln New Fleet To Tap Far East Shelf Oil Deposits 
Moscow (RIA Novosti) Jun 14, 2007Russian state-controlled oil giant Rosneft plans to spend $1.2 billion on the construction of ships to develop oil fields off Russia's Far East coast, the company's CEO said Wednesday. Addressing a conference on prospects for maritime operations, Sergei Bogdanchikov said Rosneft currently needed to build 27 vessels for the development of shelf deposits. Three of the ships are already under const ... more Defence Treaty Guarantees Security In Post-Cold War Europe 
Vienna (AFP) June 12, 2007The Conventional Forces in Europe (CFE) treaty, which is being reviewed this week in Vienna at Russia's request, is one of the key post-Cold War security accords in Europe. The CFE was signed on November 19, 1990 in Paris by the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) and the Warsaw Pact -- two opposing blocs during the Cold War -- and was modified in 1999 to adapt it to the European security ... more Putin Is Not Joking On Missiles Cautions Ukrainian President 
Montreal (AFP) June 12, 2007Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko said in an interview he took seriously Russian President Vladimir Putin's recent threat to point missiles at Europe. "I think the President of Russia is not kidding," Yushchenko said in an interview published Tuesday by The Globe and Mail. He was referring to Putin's threat to aim Russia's missiles at European cities if elements of a US missile shield were ... more
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