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Russia willing to help Afghanistan: Kabul Kabul (AFP) Jan 19, 2009 
Russia is willing to help strengthen Afghanistan's fledgling democracy, according to a letter released on Monday by the office of Afghan President Hamid Karzai, though exactly how remained vague. Russian President Dmitry Medvedev said in the letter, in response to a request from Karzai in November 2008, that "Russia is ready to help Afghanistan in its defence institutions". Medvedev was ... read more
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Nuking It Out For Top Dog Status Part Three
Washington (UPI) Jan 19, 2009 The United States is in an economic recession and more deeply in debt than at any time in its history. Russia, which needs oil export prices of $90 a barrel to break even in the world, faces a future in which global oil prices have plunged to $34 a barrel. Yet the United States remains the dominant military power in the world, and Russia still reigns unchallenged in the No. 2 spot. What's ... more Nuclear Doctrine Junket Season Set To reSTART Part Three 
Washington (UPI) Jan 19, 2009 Hopes are rising fast in both Washington and Moscow that the United States and Russia could conclude a new strategic reduction treaty within the next year to replace the START-1 treaty that expires in December 2009. But there are a lot of pitfalls on the road ahead too. Russian President Dmitry Medvedev, after months of growling at the United States over a variety of issues, has changed ... more French credit rating agency puts China, Russia under negative watch 
Paris (AFP) Jan 19, 2009The French credit rating agency Coface on Monday placed China and Russia on a negative watch list, citing the vulnerability of their companies in the face of a worldwide economic downturn. "The credit crisis is now affecting two leading emerging market countries, Russia and China, which in years past had enjoyed comfortable macroeconomic and financial situations," said Coface head Francois ... more Russian-led consortium revises bid for Turkey nuclear plant: minister 
Ankara (AFP) Jan 19, 2009A partnership led by Russian state firm Atomstroyexport on Monday submitted a revised bid to build and operate Turkey's first nuclear power plant, citing global economic conditions, Energy Minister Hilmi Guler said. The new bid was handed in just minutes after the tender commission announced that the consortium had offered a unit price of 21.16 cents per kilowatt per hour for supplying ... more Russia sends more warships to fight Somali pirates: report 
Moscow (AFP) Jan 16, 2009Russia on Friday sent two more warships to the waters off Somalia to join its anti-submarine vessel to battle pirates there, RIA Novosti news agency reported, citing a Russian defence ministry source. "The ships will shortly start passing through the Bosphorus and Dardanelles straits. Later the two large landing ships will cross the Suez Canal and set off for the coast of Somalia to fight th ... more |
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Washington (UPI) Jan 15, 2009 The Russian air force will take delivery in 2009 of 34 new Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-29 SMT and MiG-29 UBT fighter jets (NATO designation Fulcrum) that were rejected by Algeria, RIA Novosti reported Tuesday, citing a Russian Defense Ministry official, speaking on condition of anonymity, as its source. The issue is an embarrassing one for the Kremlin. Although Russia has enjoyed great success ... more Russia issues tsunami alert after quake: report 
Moscow (AFP) Jan 15, 2009Russian emergency officials on Thursday issued a tsunami warning for the city of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky in eastern Russia after a powerful earthquake in the Pacific, RIA Novosti news agency reported. "The tsunami station... has issued a warning in connection with the earthquake felt in Petropavlovsk," the regional office of Russia's emergency situations ministry was quoted as saying. ... more Powerful quake hits in eastern Russia near Japan: USGS 
Moscow (AFP) Jan 15, 2009A powerful 7.3-magnitude earthquake has hit east of the Kuril Islands in the Pacific Ocean, which are disputed between Russia and Japan, the United States Geological Survey said Thursday. The quake hit at 3:49 a.m. Friday (1749 GMT Thursday) at a location 428 kilometres (266 miles) east of the Russian town of Severokurilsk and 1,787 kilometres (1,111 miles) northeast of Tokyo, the USGS said ... more Swords and Shields: F-35 beats Russians 
Washington (UPI) Jan 14, 2009 Russia lags behind the United States in aerospace research and development. It has yet to produce decent competitors to America's two new, fifth-generation fighter jets, the Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning Joint Strike Fighter and the Lockheed Martin/Boeing F-22 Raptor. The main Russian rivals to the Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightnings are the Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-35 (NATO designation Fulcru ... more |
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Paris (AFP) Jan 13, 2009With consumers in Russia and China developing a taste for wine, worldwide demand is expected to climb until 2012 despite the economic downturn, a French study said Tuesday. "We believe that the effects of the economic crisis will be limited" in the wine sector, said Robert Beynat, director of Vinexpo, one of the world's biggest wine fairs held annually in Bordeaux. Russia and China are e ... more Poland plans first nuclear plant, LNG terminal as gas crisis bites 
Warsaw (AFP) Jan 13, 2009Poland said Tuesday its top priority was to ensure its energy security through broad diversification of sources, turning to nuclear power as a row between Russia and Ukraine halted gas supply to Europe. "By 2020 we intend to see power flow from one or two nuclear plants," Poland's Prime Minister Donald Tusk told reporters in Warsaw. Warsaw will consult South Korea and European nuclear ... more Slovakia tests EU's patience with nuclear plant relaunch plan 
Bratislava (AFP) Jan 12, 2009Slovakia is keeping the European Union on tenterhooks with its plan to reactivate an outdated nuclear reactor in a bid to avert an energy crisis after gas pipelines from Russia dried up. The plan provoked angry reactions from the EU and environmentalists even though Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico said Monday the final decision would wait another day, as Russia promised to open the gas tap ... more Gazan Tank Battles 2009 - Part Three 
Washington (UPI) Jan 12, 2009 The Israeli failure to crush Hezbollah in southern Lebanon in 2006 strengthened the fashionable impression in the United States that counterinsurgency was now the cutting edge of war and that therefore investment in expensive ground forces, primarily main battle tanks and artillery, could be drastically curtailed. However, the success of the Russian tank forces in conquering one-third ... more
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