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Russia Ratifies Deals On ITER Research Reactor
Moscow, Russia (RIA Novosti) Jun 28, 2007Russia's lower house of parliament ratified Wednesday two agreements regulating the ITER project, an experimental reactor in France being built with Russia's involvement, aimed at eventually generating power by nuclear fusion. Under the document now ratified by the State Duma, which was first signed in Paris on November 21, 2006, Russia, South Korea, China, Japan, India, the European Union and t ... more Russia Warns NATO Over European Security As Topol Nuke Production Ramps Up 
Moscow (AFP) June 26, 2007Russia warned NATO on Tuesday against policies that could destabilise security in Europe, but both sides agreed to continue talks on deep divisions between the former Cold War foes. After meeting with President Vladimir Putin in the Kremlin, NATO Secretary General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer in turn said Russia's threatened pull-out from a key arms control pact would be "a very negative development." ... more Russian Authorities Promise Prosperity By 2020 
Moscow (RIA Novosti) Jun 27, 2007The Russian Ministry of Economic Development and Trade spent nearly a year working on President Vladimir Putin's instructions to elaborate a socioeconomic development strategy for the period until 2020. According to the press, the strategy is ready and has been forwarded to the government. It includes three development scenarios: the inertial scenario (which is the least desirable, as it involve ... more Gazprom Takes Over Another Gas Deposit 
Moscow, Russia (RIA Novosti) Jun 27, 2007The Russian government is making efforts to regain control of its energy resources. Last week, BP's Russian subsidiary, TNK-BP, sold the rich Kovykta gas deposit in the Irkutsk Region in Eastern Siberia, one of the largest in the world, to Russia's Gazprom. Foreign investors are taking the news with reserved optimism, because the Kovykta license could have been revoked without any compensation a ... more Austria Releases Russian Space Agency Official 
Vienna (RIA Novosti) Jun 21, 2007Austrian authorities have released a Russian space agency official arrested on espionage charges last week and he will be soon handed over to Russian diplomats, Russia's Embassy in Vienna said Thursday. A 51-year-old Russian Federal Space Agency official was arrested June 11 in northern Austria on suspicion of espionage, and an Austrian Air Force officer was arrested on suspicion of supplying th ... more |
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Kiev (RIA Novosti) Jun 26, 2007Ukraine's nuclear power utility Energoatom said Monday a new reactor it plans to build in the country's south will break with a long-standing tradition of using Russian design and technology. "We imagine this unit as one of a non-Russian type," the company's chief executive, Andrei Derkach, was quoted as saying in a press release. He said the design for a fourth reactor at the Soviet-era ... more Putin Pushes For Long-Term Energy Contracts For Black Sea States 
Istanbul (RIA Novosti) Jun 26, 2007Russian President Vladimir Putin said Monday the energy markets of Black Sea littoral states should be stabilized by long-term contracts. "A secure energy supply is an increasingly important factor for progress. In this context, we propose broader use of long-term contracts as a means of strengthening the stability of Black Sea energy markets," the president said at a summit of the 12 members of ... more New Russian Tanker Company To Develop Arctic 
Moscow (RIA Novosti) Jun 26, 2007On June 20, Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a decree ordering the country's two largest tanker companies to be reorganized into a single corporation. The objects of the merger are 100% state-owned Sovkomflot in St. Petersburg, the country's largest tanker company by capacity, and Novoship, the second largest, in which the government owns an 87.4% stake, in Novorossiisk on the Black Sea c ... more Strekalov To Become Acting Energia President 
Moscow (RIA Novosti) Jun 25, 2007The first vice president of Russian space corporation Energia, Alexander Strekalov, will fulfill the duties of the corporation's president, who has been suspended, the board chairman said Friday. The decision was made by the board of directors of state-controlled Energia, which designs Soyuz piloted spaceships and Progress carrier rockets, launches communications satellites, and operates the ... more |
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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 Indian Army Commissions BrahMos Cruise Missiles 
New Delhi (RIA Novosti) Jun 22, 2007India's Army put the BrahMos joint Russian-Indian supersonic cruise missile into service Thursday at an official ceremony in the capital. The missile has been developed as a joint venture between India's Defense Research and Development Organization (DRDO) and Russia's Mashinostroyenia research-and-production center. "BrahMos is the best example of Russian-Indian cooperation," said India's ... more US Ready To Work On New Treaty To Replace START Treaty 
Washington (RIA Novosti) Jun 21, 2007The United States is ready to work together with Russia on a new nuclear security regime to replace the Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (START) expiring in 2009, an assistant secretary of state said Thursday. Addressing a Senate session on strategic aspects of Russian-American relations, Daniel Fried said Washington favored transparency and predictability, and added that the sides were discussing ... more
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