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Washington (UPI) Jun 22, 2007The Bush administration has announced its intention to build a national missile defense complex in Europe to supplement current deployments of the system's components, including interceptor sites in Alaska and California. This decision is premature, misguided, wasteful of billions of dollars and damaging to U.S. relationships with our European allies and Russia. National missile defense, n ... more Singapore Sees Myanmar Nuclear Program As Unlikely 
Singapore (AFP) Jun 24, 2007Myanmar is unlikely to develop a nuclear programme as the military-run country already has enough domestic problems to overcome, Singapore's Foreign Minister George Yeo said Sunday. "I can't believe that a nuclear programme is high up on their list of priorities... They have enough problems of their own," Yeo said in response to a question at the World Economic Forum on East Asia. Russia a ... more Russia Hopes To Sign Belene NPP Contract This Year 
Zagreb (RIA Novosti) Jun 25, 2007President Vladimir Putin said Sunday Russia is hoping to sign a contract this year on construction of a nuclear power plant in Bulgaria, as part of cooperation with the Balkan countries in the energy sector. In October 2006, Russia's nuclear equipment export monopoly Atomstroyexport won a tender to build a nuclear power plant in Belene. The Balkan state wants to build a second NPP in Belene, 25 ... more Russia Economic Bandwagon Rolls On Despite Major Problems 
Moscow (RIA Novosti) Jun 25, 2007Several events this week cast interesting light on Russia's economy, and the different perceptions of the country here and abroad. After Heiligendamm and the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum, Renaissance Capital, one of Russia's leading investment banks, held its 11th Annual Investor Conference in Moscow, this year on the theme "Russia: Investing in Prosperity." As Renaissance C ... more dsIT to Supply First Underwater Surveillance System To Protect Oil Platform 
Givat Shmuel, Israel (SPX) Jun 22, 2007dsIT Solutions Ltd. (dsIT) has announced that it has received an order from NAFTOPORT Liquid Fuels Loading Company Ltd (Poland), a leading European oil terminal operator, for a Diver Detection Sonar (DDS) system. Naftoport operates an oil terminal and conducts reloading of crude oil at the Gdansk port. The company has a key role in supplying crude oil to Polish and German refineries and in expor ... more |
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Moscow (RIA Novosti) Jun 21, 2007Chief of Russia's General Staff said Thursday the military component is key in defending Russian national interests wherever the state feels they are being infringed, specifically if U.S. deploys missiles in Central Europe. "If we see that Russia's national interests are under threat, this threat will be minimized. By what means - political, diplomatic, or military - is a technical issue. ... more Russia TVEL To Supply Uzbek Test Reactor With Nuclear Fuel 
Moscow (RIA Novosti) Jun 22, 2007Russian state-run nuclear fuel producer TVEL will supply nuclear fuel for a nuclear research reactor in Uzbekistan, the company said Thursday. Under a contract signed between TVEL, the U.S. Department of Energy, and the nuclear physics institute of the Uzbek Academy of Science in June, TVEL will deliver low-enriched uranium to the research reactor in December, the company said in a statement. ... more Russia Strikes Multiple Deals For Space Hardware At Le Bourget 
Le Bourget, France (RIA Novosti) Jun 21, 2007Russia's space agency signed three contracts, five agreements, and a memorandum at an international air show in France, the agency's head said Wednesday. The 47th International Air Show in Le Bourget near Paris on June 18-24 hosts 2,000 companies from 42 countries, including 60 Russian defense contractors, and is expected to yield a series of lucrative deals between Russian and foreign, mostly ... more Russia And Azerbaijan Confirm Readiness To Host US Anti-Missile System 
Moscow (AFP) June 20, 2007The defence chiefs of Russia and Azerbaijan confirmed Wednesday their countries' readiness to host part of a US missile defence system at a Russian-leased radar station in Azerbaijan, Interfax news agency reported. Russian Defence Minister Anatoly Serdyukov said during talks with his Azeri counterpart Safar Abiyev that Russia is "ready for the joint use of the Gabala radar station either on a ... more |
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Moscow (RIA Novosti) Jun 20, 2007An emergency conference of the 30 signatories to the Treaty on Conventional Armed Forces in Europe (CFE), which met in Vienna on Russia's initiative, ended without adopting a statement because its participants failed to reach a compromise. Russia called for an emergency meeting in Vienna to try and speed up the ratification of the 1999 amended CFE treaty version by the U.S. and Europe. ... more First Russian Built Nuclear Power Reactor In China Goes Into Operation 
Beijing (AFP) June 19, 2007Russia's first nuclear reactor in China has finally gone into commercial operation after numerous delays and a second will begin production by year's end, Russian officials said Tuesday. "The Tianwan nuclear power plant is a very big Russian-Chinese project," Ivan Kamenskikh, vice head of the Federal Atomic Energy Agency of Russia, told journalists via video phone from Moscow. "Our first ... more US Congress Approves Bill On Global Nuclear Fuel Bank 
Washington (RIA Novosti) Jun 20, 2007The U.S. House of Representatives approved a bill to establish an international nuclear fuel bank in a non-nuclear country in view of Iran's and North Korea's continuing atomic research. The bill follows Russia's initiative to form a global network of nuclear cycle centers as a way to maintain the non-proliferation regime and defuse international tensions over Iran's nuclear ambitions. ... more Russian Power Generation Needs Foreign Investment 
Moscow (SPX) Jun 20, 2007The rapid economic growth which began in Russia several years ago has led to an exponential rise in the demand for electricity. Some Russian regions, including Moscow and its suburbs, as well as regions in European Russia, the Urals and Western Siberia, are facing power shortages. Electricity demand is expected to grow in Russia by 5.2% in 2008 (10% in some regions). Funds, including foreign ... more
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