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Russian cargo ship blasts off for ISS Moscow (AFP) Feb 10, 2009 
A Russian cargo ship carrying supplies for the International Space Station (ISS) blasted off Tuesday from the Baikonour cosmodrome, Russian state television pictures showed. The Progress M-66 cargo ship blasted off on a Soyuz rocket from the Russian-operated cosmodrome in Kazakhstan at around 0550 GMT. It is due to dock with the ISS at 0719 GMT on Friday. The Interfax news agency quoted ... read more
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US, Russia must work to halt nuclear proliferation: Obama
Washington (AFP) Feb 9, 2009US President Barack Obama said Monday the United States and Russia should lead the way in preventing nuclear proliferation by restarting negotiations to cut their atomic arsenals. "I think it's important for the United States and Russia to lead the way on this," Obama told his first news conference. He added that he has told Russian President Dmitry Medvedev "it is important for us to ... more Russia 2008 arms sales post-Soviet record: Medvedev 
Moscow (AFP) Feb 10, 2009Russian President Dmitry Medvedev said on Tuesday that Russia sold 8.35 billion dollars worth of arms last year, a new post-Soviet record. And despite a rise of 800 million dollars (around 10 percent) in arms sales on 2007, Medvedev told his top officials to boost further purchases by seeking out new international markets. "It is obvious that this year will not be easy because the whole ... more Do not count on Russia over Kyrgyz base, envoy tells US 
Moscow (AFP) Feb 10, 2009Russia's NATO envoy on Tuesday warned the United States against seeking Russian help to reverse a decision by Kyrgyzstan to close a US base serving as a key supply route to forces in Afghanistan. Dmitry Rogozin's comments came as a senior US diplomat arrived in Moscow for talks on supply routes to coalition forces in Afghanistan following Bishkek's decision last week. News of the decision ... more Putin urged to stop Siberia hydro-electric plant 
Moscow (AFP) Feb 10, 2009Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin must act to halt the construction of a proposed hydro-electric power station in Siberia, environmentalists said Tuesday, citing sociological and environmental concerns. "The Turukhanskaya construction project was blocked at the end of the 1980s as a result of serious ecological and economic expertise," Greenpeace Russia spokesman Mikhail Kreindlin said ... more Deadline Set On Russian Military Reform 
Washington (UPI) Feb 9, 2009 Russia's hard-charging chief of the general staff pledged Monday to complete the long-delayed and fiercely opposed restructuring of the Russian armed forces over the next four years. "We are planning to complete a reform of the military within the next three or four years. The established time frame has not been revised," four-star army Gen. Nikolai Makarov announced, RIA Novosti report ... more |
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Paris, France (SPX) Feb 09, 2009Arianespace has been chosen to launch the two communications satellites, Yamal-401 and Yamal-402 within the scope of a contract between Thales Alenia Space and Russian operator Gazprom. The launch contract was signed yesterday in Moscow, following the contract signed by Thales Alenia Space and Gazprom for the in-orbit delivery of the satellites Yamal-401 and Yamal-402. Thales Alenia ... more US military pieces together Afghan supply chain
Washington (AFP) Feb 6, 2009Threatened with the loss of a key air base, the US military is making plans to move materiel and fuel to US forces in Afghanistan through a network of commercial links through Russia and Central Asia, a military spokesman said Friday. Adding urgency to the planning is a looming military buildup in Afghanistan that will nearly double the size of the US force and dramatically expand the demand ... more Russia's Ivanov welcomes new US overtures 
Munich, Germany (AFP) Feb 8, 2009Russia's deputy prime minister welcomed on Sunday signals from Washington that it wants a fresh start in relations, a day after Vice President Joe Biden heralded a "new tone" in US foreign policy. Speaking after talks with Biden at a security conference in Munich - the highest level US-Russia meeting since President Barack Obama took office on January 20 - Sergei Ivanov said he was "optimi ... more Obama team reaches out in first foreign outing 
Munich, Germany (AFP) Feb 8, 2009The US administration signalled a new spirit of international cooperation this weekend but called for its allies to do more and painted a bleak picture of the war in Afghanistan. Vice President Joe Biden used the Munich Security Conference in the southern Germany city to say that Barack Obama's White House sought a "new tone" in foreign relations, particularly with regard to Russia and even ... more |
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Moscow (RIA) Feb 06, 2009Russia and its International Space Station partners have an oral agreement to continue using the orbiter until 2020, the president of leading Russian spacecraft maker RSC Energia said on Thursday. "The ISS partners have not yet signed any documents, but verbally we have already settled the initiative [to extend the station's use]," Vitaly Lopota said at a news conference in Moscow. ... more Iranian missiles have 'worldwide reach': Russia 
Moscow (AFP) Feb 5, 2009Iran's successful launch of a satellite with its own technology shows that the country's missiles "can reach any point on the globe," a senior Russian space sector official said Thursday. "I take my hat off to the Iranian scientists," Vitali Lapota, manager of the RKK Energuia space construction company declared was quoted as saying by the Interfax news agency. "They have shown their missile ... more Defense Focus: Bears fly over Arctic Ocean 
Washington (UPI) Feb 5, 2009 Russia is continuing its new series of strategic nuclear bomber long-range missions over the Arctic Ocean. Two Tupolev Tu-95 Bear strategic bombers crossed the Arctic Ocean and flew as far as Alaska, a Russian air force spokesman announced Jan. 28. "Two Tu-95MS strategic bombers took off from an airbase in eastern Russia on Tuesday and successfully carried out a patrol mission ... more Russia Defense Watch: Sukhois for Jakarta 
Washington (UPI) Feb 5, 2009 The Indonesian air force Monday officially confirmed its acquisition of three Russian-built Sukhoi Su-30MK2 (NATO designation Flanker) multirole combat fighters, RIA Novosti reported. Russia delivered the three aircraft on Dec. 26 and Jan. 17. Since then, the Sukhoi fighters were put together from their kits and have carried out test flights, RIA Novosti said. The aircraft ... more
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