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Iranian defence minister in Russia on missile quest Moscow (AFP) Feb 17, 2009 
Iran's defence minister on Tuesday met his Russian counterpart with the reported aim of persuading Moscow to deliver sophisticated air-defence missiles at a time of mounting tension with the West. Mostafa Mohammad Najjar met his Russian counterpart, Anatoly Serdyukov, in "constructive" talks which looked at present and future Russian-Iranian defence relations, the Russian defence ministry ... read more
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Russia, China agree multi-bln dlr oil deal: company
Moscow (AFP) Feb 17, 2009Russia and China on Tuesday agreed a 20-year deal to pump Russian oil to the energy hungry Chinese market in return for financing for Russian oil majors Transneft and Rosneft, Transneft said in a statement. "Russia will deliver to China 15 million tonnes of petrol a year over 20 years under financing conditions which suit both sides," said Russian Deputy Prime Minister Igor Sechin, according ... more Ireland scrambles over Russian navy oil spill 
Dublin (AFP) Feb 17, 2009Irish aircraft monitoring an oil spill believed to come from a Russian navy refuelling accident off Ireland's south coast have recorded 522 tonnes of fuel spreading across the sea, officials said Tuesday. Following an overfly of the spill, Irish authorities downgraded an earlier estimate of 1,000 tonnes given by the British coastguard, and said the fuel oil was now in three distinct slicks ... more Iranian defence minister on visit to Russia 
Moscow (AFP) Feb 16, 2009Iranian Defence Minister Mostafa Mohammad Najjar arrived Monday in Moscow for talks on military and technical cooperation, Interfax reported, citing a defence ministry spokesman. Iran's defence chief will meet his Russian counterpart Anatoly Serdyukov on Tuesday, the spokesman said. The visit which runs until Wednesday will also include talks with representatives from Russia's state-owned ... more Wreckage Of Two Satellites In Orbit Poses Serious Threat To Others 
Korolyov, Russia (RIA) Feb 14, 2009The remnants of the U.S. and Russian satellites that collided on Tuesday poses a serious threat to other satellites on the same orbit, a Russian Mission Control official told journalists on Friday. "800 kilometers is a very popular orbit for remote Earth sensing and telecommunications satellites," said Vladimir Solovyov, head of the Russian segment of the International Space Station. ... more Russian supply craft arrives at space station: agency 
Moscow (AFP) Feb 13, 2009A Russian cargo ship docked on Friday with the International Space Station carrying clothes, food, oxygen, medical supplies, fuel and a new space suit, RIA Novosti reported from space control centre. The Progress M-66 carrying 2.4 tonnes of cargo docked without difficulty to the orbiting space station, currently home to two Americans and a Russian. It also carried equipment for scientifi ... more |
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Moscow (AFP) Feb 15, 2009Russia on Sunday marks the 20th anniversary of the Soviet pullout from Afghanistan, haunted by its catastrophic war against Islamists and convinced the trauma harbours lessons for Western forces today. On February 15, 1989 the last Soviet soldier left Afghanistan, ending a war that Moscow initially saw as a brief incursion to bolster its Afghan supporters but became a protracted and bloody ... more US may adjust missile defense plans: official 
Moscow (AFP) Feb 14, 2009The US may adjust controversial missile defence plans if Russia helps in eliminating threats from North Korea and Iran, US Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs William Burns was quoted Friday as saying. "We hope also that Russians understand that no US president can afford a situation in which the United States is vulnerable to potential nuclear weapons on missiles from countries ... more Russian FM refloats missile defense counter-plan 
Berlin (AFP) Feb 14, 2009A Russian proposal to erect an anti-missile defense system in partnership with the United States and Europe remains on the table, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov was quoted Saturday as saying. "We already proposed a tripartite, Russia-Europe-US project a year and a half ago," Lavrov told the German newsmagazine Der Spiegel in an interview to appear Monday. "With radar stations on ... more Analysis: Belarus lobbies for Yamal 2 
Berlin (UPI) Feb 12, 2009 Belarus has backed a new gas pipeline from Russia to Europe that it claims is much cheaper and easier to build than currently proposed projects to satisfy growing European energy needs. It's an effort by the former European pariah at rapprochement with Europe, which is clamoring for more energy, but by not reducing Europe's reliance on Russian gas, Belarus avoids spurning longtime patron ... more |
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Washington (AFP) Feb 12, 2009The Pentagon acknowledged Thursday that it did not anticipate the accidental collision in space of a US commercial satellite with a Russian military satellite, the first major event of its kind. "We did not predict this collision," said Bryan Whitman, a Pentagon spokesman. The Bethesda, Maryland-based Iridium Satellite LLC announced Wednesday it had lost an operational satellite after a ... more When Satellites Collide 
Bethesda MD (SPX) Feb 11, 2009We have been speculating that pieces of space debris occasionally hit active satellites, but we had no concrete evidence to confirm such a hypothesis. All that has changed in an instant. On February 10th, an active commercial satellite and an expired Russian Cosmos spacecraft apparently tried to cross the same point in space at the same time. Both vehicles were traveling at about ... more Satellite collision raises concern over space traffic, debris 
Paris (AFP) Feb 12, 2009An unprecedented collision between a Russian and US satellite will fuel concern over the lack of traffic controls in space and the rising volumes of junk that endanger vital satellites and manned flight. A disused Russian military satellite, Cosmos 2251, collided on Tuesday with a US communications satellite owned by the Iridium company, some 800 kilometers (500 miles) above the Earth, Russi ... more Satellite collision poses 'small' risk to ISS: NASA
Washington (AFP) Feb 12, 2009An unprecedented collision between a Russian and a US satellite poses an "elevated" but "very small" risk to the International Space Station, the US space agency said Thursday. "So far, NASA experts have determined that the risk to the space station is elevated. They estimate the risk to be very small and within acceptable limits," NASA spokesman John Yembrick told AFP. "NASA's Earth-obs ... more
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