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Russia Wants No More ISS Tourists After 2009 Moscow (RIA Novosti) Jan 22, 2009 
The International Space Station (ISS) will be off limits to space tourists after 2009 as its crew grows from three to six, the Russian space agency head said on Wednesday. Roscosmos director Anatoly Perminov said in an interview with the daily Rossiiskaya Gazeta that the last commercial flights would be made in March 2009 by Charles Simoniy (his second trip) and by a Kazakh national in the ... read more
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Russia Sets Sail Again For Overseas Military Bases
by Ilya KramnikMoscow (RIA Novosti) Jan 22, 2009 The Russian Navy is going to return to its bases abroad. A statement to this effect was made by the spokesman for the Navy's headquarters last week. What will the Russian Navy's return be like after 20 years' absence? What goals can it pursue? During the Cold War, the Soviet Navy was stationed in the Mediterranean to prevent an attack by Western aircraft ... more Russian Strategic Bombers Conduct Patrols Over Arctic 
Moscow (RIA Novosti) Jan 22, 2009Russian Tu-160 Blackjack and Tu-95MS Bear strategic bombers carried out on Wednesday regular patrols over the Arctic Ocean, a Russian Air Force spokesman said. "Two Tu-160 strategic bombers carried out on Wednesday a regular patrol flight over the Norwegian Sea and the Atlantic Ocean. The crews honed their instrumental flight skills and accomplished several other tasks," Lt. Col. Vladimir ... more Russia Defense Watch: New 10-year plan 
Washington (UPI) Jan 20, 2009 Despite facing the threat of bankruptcy because of rock-bottom global prices for its oil exports, the Russian government is pushing ahead with a costly new plan to re-equip and upgrade its armed forces with state-of-the-art and high-tech weapons by 2020. The Moscow newspaper Nezavisimaya Gazeta reported Monday the Russian Defense Ministry has already begun work on a 10-year plan for arm ... more India admits failed cruise missile test 
New Delhi (AFP) Jan 21, 2009A supersonic cruise missile jointly developed by Russia and India failed to hit its target in a test previously reported as successful, Indian military scientists said Wednesday. The Defence Research and Development Organisation, which Tuesday claimed the test of the BrahMos missile had been a "total success," said the missile had flown only in the general direction of its target. ... more Mummies Calling For Lenin Burial Arrested On Red Square 
Moscow (RIA Novosti) Jan 22, 2009Riot police on Wednesday detained some 30 people dressed as mummies, who attempted to gather on Moscow's Red Square calling for the burial of Russian communist leader Vladimir Lenin, a police spokesman said. On Wednesday Russia celebrates the 85th anniversary of Lenin's death. His embalmed body has been on public display in a glass case in a mausoleum in Red Square since his death followin ... more |
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New Delhi (AFP) Jan 20, 2009India's military Tuesday tested a surface-to-surface version of the BrahMos supersonic cruise missile which it had developed jointly with Russia, a defence ministry spokesman said. The missile was fired from the Pokhran range in the western desert state of Rajasthan, bordering Pakistan, that was also the site of India's nuclear tests in 1998. The official said the test was "routine," but ... more Russia willing to help Afghanistan: Kabul 
Kabul (AFP) Jan 19, 2009Russia 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 ... more 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 |
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Washington (UPI) Jan 16, 2009 While the global recession has blindsided the world's oil market, harming the revenue stream of many major producers, Kazakhstan is seeking to overcome the fiscal setback and is looking to the future to diversify its energy exports. A key ingredient in Astana's efforts is its burgeoning uranium production, and it has focused its attention squarely on a rising Asian economic powerhouse - India ... more Azerbaijan slams Russia over alleged Armenia arms supplies 
Baku (AFP) Jan 15, 2009Ex-Soviet Azerbaijan on Thursday made a "strong protest" to Russia over weapons transfers it said Moscow had made to Armenia in violation of United Nations resolutions. "The Azerbaijani foreign ministry voices strong protest in connection with the transfer of arms to Armenia and calls on Russia to take all necessary steps to avert the consequences," the ministry said in a statement. ... more Russia Defense Watch: Warship sales soar 
Washington (UPI) Jan 15, 2009 The world may be in recession, but the Russian naval shipbuilding industry is still booming. RIA Novosti reported Tuesday that naval shipbuilding last year accounted for $7 billion of Russia's record $8.5 billion in arms sales around the world funneled through the state-owned Rosoboronexport arms export corporation. "This sum relates to the Rosoboronexport portfolio of orders. Th ... more Defense Focus: Russia takes back MiG-29s 
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
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