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Analysis: Caspian energy in 2009 Washington (UPI) Jan 7, 2009 
While making predictions, especially about energy issues, is a murky business at best, the general outline of the themes surrounding the ongoing development of Caspian energy assets is already broadly emerging. Russia will attempt to reverse the economic decline brought about by the recent implosion of oil and, to a lesser extent, gas prices over the last several months as the global e ... read more
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Analysis: Central Asian energy in 2009
Washington (UPI) Jan 8, 2009As Eastern Europeans shiver because of Ukraine's obdurate refusal to pay world market prices for Russian natural gas, much less pay off its debts, the era of cheap gas is also over in eastern Central Asia. In 2009 many Central Asians and businesses will look back with some nostalgia on 2008 as a time when they could pay their energy bills without undue hardship. While in Eastern Europe ... more Russian gas crisis puts a flame under nuclear debate in Europe 
Brussels (AFP) Jan 11, 2009Cuts in Russian gas supplies to Europe via Ukraine have reignited interest in Europe about using nuclear energy as an alternative to hydrocarbons, sparking environmentalists' ire. "On nuclear energy, this crisis will have consequences for the way we consider energy security in all EU countries," said Czech Energy Minister Martin Riman, whose country holds the bloc's rotating presidency. ... more Swords and Shields: Boosting Venezuela 
Washington (UPI) Jan 7, 2009Russia held joint naval exercises with Venezuela late last year to demonstrate its growing strategic reach and political clout, particularly in Latin America, which many consider the traditional U.S. sphere of influence. Provocative? Yes. But Washington and Moscow have restrained the verbal squabbling. Many observers take that as a sign that both sides hope for improved bilateral relati ... more Spacehab To Support Pre-Launch Preparations For Russian Module 
Houston TX (SPX) Jan 09, 2009Spacehab, has reached an agreement in principal with RSC Energia, Russia's largest manufacturer of aerospace and space equipment, to provide facilities and support services for its Mini Research Module (MRM1). The MRM1 will be readied for its journey aboard the U.S. Space Shuttle at the Spacehab Cape Canaveral payload processing location. Manifested to fly on STS-132 during the Space Shu ... more Tank Warfare In The Gaza Battlefield 
Washington (UPI) Jan 8, 2009The tactical success of the Israeli military incursion into Gaza over the past week confirms a lesson we noted after the five-day Russian conquest of one-third of Georgia in the Caucasus last August: Main Battle Tanks still rule ground war, whatever the high-tech, guerrilla-war and minimum-army enthusiasts say to the contrary. In the first four days of its ground forces' incursion into ... more |
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Berlin (UPI) Jan 6, 2009 Russia's gas price row with Ukraine escalated Tuesday, disrupting deliveries to Europe as the continent is suffering from a bitterly cold winter. Alexander Medvedev knows he needs to soothe his best customer. The No. 2 at the Russian energy giant Gazprom arrived in Berlin Tuesday to meet with German Economy Minister Michael Glos and a representative from the Czech presidency of the Euro ... more Slovakia says it might reopen nuclear plant if gas freeze lasts 
Bratislava (AFP) Jan 7, 2009Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico said on Wednesday that Slovakia might reopen a power generating unit at Jaslovske Bohunice nuclear plant if a freeze of gas supplies from Russia continued. "Should Slovakia continue to be a hostage of this bilateral conflict between Russia and Ukraine, I can imagine reopening of the shut-down unit at Jaslovske Bohunice nuclear plant," Fico told a press confe ... more China-Russia Mars mission set for takeoff 
Hong Kong (UPI) Jan 5, 2009The first joint Chinese-Russian mission to Mars is set to take off in October and reach the red planet in August 2010, an exploration project designer said. A Russian Zenit rocket will launch a Chinese Yinghuo-1 satellite and a Russian Phobos-Grunt unmanned lander, Chen Changya, chief designer of the China-Russia Mars exploration project, told Hong Kong's Wen Wei Po newspaper. ... more Russia Has A Crisis-Free Year In Space 
Moscow (RIA Novosti) Jan 02, 2009Russia's space industry ended 2008 without mishaps. Although old headaches and problems are still there, things have not changed for the worse, and that is quite an achievement in our troubled times writes Andrei Kislyakov. Despite the crisis, Russia is leading the world in rocket launches. On December 25, the last launch this year was carried out: a heavy Proton carrier rocket orbited three satellites of ... more |
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Athens (AFP) Jan 2, 2009Russian aircraft and warships will this month carry out manoeuvres in the southeast Aegean within the Athens flight information zone (FIZ), Greek military sources said Friday. Athens has agreed to a request from the commander of the Russian heavy aircraft carrying cruiser the Admiral Kuznetsov, at present on a mission in the Mediterranean with other ships of Russia's northern fleet. ... more Ukraine To Settle Gas Debts By Jan 11; Europe Remains Fully Supplied 
Moscow (RIA Novosti) Jan 03, 2009Gazprom will receive a $1.5 billion payment from Ukraine for natural gas supplied in late 2008 on January 11, Gazprom spokesman Sergei Kupriyanov said on Friday. "Considering the holidays, we'll receive the payment on January 11," Kupriyanov said, adding that Ukraine still owed $614 million in outstanding penalties and fines. Russia cut off natural gas supplies to Ukraine on Thursday ... more Analysis: Central Asian energy in 2008
Washington (UPI) Dec 31, 2008 The noted Mexican novelist Carlos Fuentes once wrote, "Poor Mexico, so far from God, so close to the United States." Substitute "Central Asia" for "Mexico" and "Russia" for the "United States," and one begins to have an idea of the energy exports problems facing Uzbekistan, Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan. For the three easternmost former Soviet "Stan" republics, 2008 has been a year of stress and p ... more Lock And Load In Africa Part Three 
Hong Kong (UPI) Dec 31, 2008 Ghana traditionally has been a client country of Western weapons manufacturers. It does have some Russian equipment in service, however, including SAM-7 surface-to-air missiles, Zu-23-2 air defense machine guns and D-30 122-mm howitzers. The People's Republic of China is now promoting its latest gun-launched laser-guided projectiles on the African continent. At least one African countr ... more
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