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Russia launches three new navigation satellites: report Moscow (AFP) Dec 25, 2008 
A Russian Proton-M rocket was launched into space Thursday with three new satellites for Moscow's GLONASS navigation system, aimed at competing with US and European systems, a report said. The satellites were placed into orbit after the rocket blasted off from Russia's Baikonur launch pad in Kazakhstan at 1043 GMT, a Russian space agency spokesman said, according to Interfax news agency.
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Russia selling surface-to-air missiles to Libya, Syria: report
Moscow (AFP) Dec 26, 2008Russia has begun to fulfil a 250-million-dollar contract to deliver surface-to-air missiles to seven countries including Libya, Syria and Venezuela, the Vedomosti business daily reported Friday. Russia will also deliver the S-125 Pechora-2M missile batteries to Egypt, Myanmar, Vietnam and Turkmenistan under the contract, the newspaper said, citing a source in the state-owned Russian Technolo ... more The S-300 Mystery Deepens Part One 
Washington (UPI) Dec 26, 2008 A senior Russian diplomat Thursday denied the claim by a prominent Iranian lawmaker that Moscow had started delivering components of its S0-300 anti-aircraft and anti-ballistic missile defense system to Tehran. "I am very surprised by the fuss this story has caused recently. I think this is due to a lack of interesting international news in the run-up to the holidays that many of our We ... more Russia delivers Sukhoi fighter jets to Indonesia 
Moscow (AFP) Dec 26, 2008Russia has delivered two Sukhoi fighter jets to Indonesia, the first planes to be supplied to the country out of a total order of six, Russian defence officials said on Friday. "The first two jets out of the six bought by Indonesia have been delivered to the customer," the Interfax news agency quoted a Sukhoi spokesman as saying. The two jets delivered were of the Su-30MK2 class and anot ... more BMD Focus: Russia's S-300s boost Iran 
Washington (UPI) Dec 23, 2008 A leading Iranian parliamentarian claimed Sunday that Russia had begun to send sections of its S-300 anti-aircraft and anti-missile defense system to Iran. The politically explosive claim could seriously damage the incoming Obama administration's hopes of improving relations with Russia and even reaching agreement to replace the aging 1991 Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty, which expires ... more New Russian sea-based missile fails again in test: report 
Moscow (AFP) Dec 23, 2008A test-firing of a new Russian sea-based missile capable of carrying multiple nuclear warheads ended in failure Tuesday when the weapon disintegrated after launch, the Interfax news agency reported. "After its firing from the submarine Dmitry Donskoy, the Bulava missile self-liquidated and exploded in the air," a military source told the agency. Interfax said this was the eighth test lau ... more |
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Washington Dec 26, 2008 The winter brings with it the annual sights and sounds of the holiday season -- Christmas trees, parents searching for the "must have" gift for their children, and Kiev and Moscow squabbling over Ukraine's natural gas arrears to Russia. In one of Europe's most enduring energy sagas, according to Russian natural gas state monopoly Gazprom spokesman Sergei Kupriyanov, Ukraine has announced that it ... more Analysis: Tajikistan expands gas industry 
Washington (UPI) Dec 23, 2008 While the former Soviet republics ringing the Caspian -- Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan and Turkmenistan -- have been the object of intense struggle between Moscow and Washington since the collapse of communism in 1991 in their new energy "Great Game," other new former Soviet nations further east because of their geographical isolation have been largely marginalized in the contest. Tajikistan, ... more US confirms 'bilateral charter' with Georgia being negotiated 
Washington (AFP) Dec 23, 2008The United States confirmed Tuesday it was negotiating a "bilateral charter" with Georgia similar to the one it recently concluded with Ukraine, a move that risked more Russian ire. "The United States and Georgia are discussing the text of a new bilateral charter that will outline our enhanced cooperation," the US State Department said in a statement. The administration of President Geor ... more Russia optimistic on US ties under Obama: deputy minister 
Moscow (AFP) Dec 25, 2008Russia is optimistic about ties with the United States next year, but wants a "positive shift" on Washington's controversial missile shield from Barack Obama, a top Russian diplomat said Thursday. "I think in 2009 there will be more achievements than problems in Russian-US relations," Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov told reporters in Moscow. "In general we are entering 2009, the y ... more |
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Washington (UPI) Dec 22, 2008 The Russians are coming, the Russians are coming ... to Lebanon. Indeed, the Russians are coming to Lebanon with unusual gifts. Moscow announced last week it would deliver to the Lebanese air force 10 MiG-29s as a gift. This is an incredible number of fighter planes for a small country such as Lebanon. Ten new war planes will double, if not triple, the size of the current Lebanese army's air ... more Russia denies delivering S-300 missiles to Iran
Moscow (AFP) Dec 22, 2008Russia on Monday denied that it was delivering sophisticated S-300 surface-to-air missiles to Iran, following reports it was about to supply the weapons to the US arch-foe. "The information on the delivery of S-300 air-defence systems to Iran, which has appeared in certain media outlets, does not correspond to reality," Russia's military-technical cooperation agency said in a statement. ... more US, Ukraine risk irking Russia with strategic accord 
Washington (AFP) Dec 19, 2008The United States and Ukraine risked irking Moscow by signing a strategic accord Friday that calls for a US diplomatic post in Crimea, a Russian-speaking area where Russia's Black Sea Fleet is based. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and her Ukrainian counterpart Volodymyr Ogryzko signed the "charter on strategic partnership" that the State Department calls a statement of US intent to ... more Swords and Shields: Son of Satan threat 
Washington (UPI) Dec 19, 2008 As UPI reported, at the end of November Russia successfully test-launched its new-generation land- and sea-based ballistic missile designed to penetrate U.S. missile defense systems such as the one planned for deployment in Poland and the Czech Republic. The new Russian missile can be equipped with up to 10 warheads, including decoys, to overwhelm or mislead American sensors. ... more
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