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Russia probes officers over China arms sales: report Moscow (AFP) Feb 25, 2009 
Russia's military prosecutor on Wednesday announced a probe into high-level naval officers and businessmen suspected of supplying anti-submarine rockets to China illegally, Interfax reported. The prosecutor, Sergei Fridinsky, said the suspects had transferred the 30 rockets as well as 200 aviation bombs to the ex-Soviet state of Tajikistan with the intention of selling them on to China for ... read more
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Iran says nuclear plant could start in months
Bushehr, Iran (AFP) Feb 25, 2009Iran began testing its first nuclear power plant on Wednesday in the face of deep international concern over its atomic drive and said the long-delayed project could go on line within months. Officials from Iran and Russia, which has been involving in building the power station for the past 14 years, watched over the start of the pre-commissioning in the Gulf port of Bushehr. "As for a t ... more Threat of oil spill menaces Russian Pacific island 
Korsakov, Russia (AFP) Feb 25, 2009Standing on the icy shoreline, Dmitry Lisitsyn recalled the day when over 100 dying birds washed up on this beach, coated in a thick layer of oil and helplessly flapping their wings. "We believe there were several thousand birds killed in all," said Lisitsyn, an environmental activist on Russia's Sakhalin Island, located in the Pacific Ocean just a few dozen kilometres (miles) north of Japan ... more South Korea Warns North Satellite Launch Would Breach UN Order 
Moscow (RIA Novosti) Feb 25, 2009The launch of even a non-military satellite by North Korea would be considered a breach of a UN Security Council resolution, South Korea's ambassador to Russia told journalists on Tuesday. Earlier on Tuesday, a spokesman from North Korea's Committee on Aerospace Technologies said preparations were underway on the eastern coast of the country to launch a telecommunications satellite, though ... more ILS And AsiaSat Announce Proton Launch Of AsiaSat 5 Satellite 
Reston VA (SPX) Feb 25, 2009International Launch Services (ILS) and Asia Satellite Telecommunications (AsiaSat) have announced a contract for the launch of AsiaSat 5 satellite on an ILS Proton. The satellite is under construction by Space Systems/Loral in Palo Alto, California, and is expected to be delivered to the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan early this summer. ILS and Khrunichev are implementing a mission ... more Launch date to be set for Iran's first nuclear plant 
Tehran (AFP) Feb 24, 2009Iran and Russia will announce on Wednesday a date for the Islamic republic's first nuclear power plant to go operational, the official IRNA news agency reported. "The exact date for the start of operations at Bushehr nuclear plant will be announced at the plant on Wednesday," the spokesman for Russia's federal nuclear agency, Sergei Novikov, told IRNA in Moscow. Iran plans to carry out ... more |
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Krakow, Poland (AFP) Feb 20, 2009NATO is examining whether to set up a permanent military force in eastern Europe to encourage regional allies to send combat troops to Afghanistan, the alliance's top civilian official said Friday. The idea, proposed by Britain to ease concerns in eastern Europe about Russian belligerence since its war with Georgia, would see 3,000 troops drawn from the NATO Response Force, a contingent for ... more Satellite Collision Triggers Calls For Space Traffic Regulations 
Beijing, China (XNA) Feb 19, 2009The U.S.-Russian satellite collision not only caused a disturbance to the outer space, but also helped to arouse concern among space explorers about such accidents. The whole world has been reflecting on the inefficiency of existing space surveillance systems and has been calling for the introduction of new "space traffic regulations." ... more Russian guards fired on stricken ship: prosecutors 
Moscow (AFP) Feb 19, 2009Russian border guards repeatedly fired on a cargo ship that hit trouble off its Far Eastern coast at the weekend with the loss off several crew members, prosecutors were quoted as saying Thursday. Officials said the ship, the Sierra Leone-flagged New Star with 10 Chinese crew and six Indonesians on board, was in Russian waters illegally and repeatedly ignored warnings to stop. "The inves ... more Mosquito Survives In Outer Space 
Moscow (RIA) Feb 20, 2009Preparations are underway for a manned mission to Mars. Cosmonauts who might fly to the Red Planet are learning how to survive in a forest outside Moscow. Scientists from the Russian Academy of Sciences' Institute of Medical and Biological Problems are assessing the impact of cosmic radiation on living organisms, one of which even managed to survive in outer space. Anatoly Grigoryev, vice ... more |
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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
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