Posts Tagged ‘Russia’
Russia to build floating Arctic nuclear stations
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| Oil and gas in the Arctic are seen as ripe for exploitation by the Russian energy industry. Photograph: Hans Strand/ Hans Strand/Corbis |
| Russia to build floating Arctic nuclear stations |
| guardian.co.uk blog | May 03, 2009 | John Vidal in Tromsø, Norway |
| Environmentalists fear pollution risk as firms try to exploit ocean’s untapped oil and gas reserves read more |
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Georgia accuses Russia over foiled rebellion
| A helicopter hovers above the Mukhrovani military base where some soldiers staged a mutiny, some 10 km east of Tbilisi May 5, 2009. Georgia said it put down a mutiny at a military base on Tuesday and accused Moscow of trying to foment a wider rebellion on the eve of NATO war games in the former Soviet republic.
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| Georgia accuses Russia over foiled rebellion |
| Reuters | May 06, 2009 | By Niko Mchedlishvili |
| MUKHROVANI, Georgia (Reuters) – Georgia said it put down a mutiny at a military base on Tuesday and accused Moscow of trying to foment a wider rebellion on the eve of NATO war games in the former Soviet republic. read more |
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China reveals big rise in gold reserves
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| China reveals big rise in gold reserves |
| FT dot com (Financial Times UK) | Apr 24, 2009 | By Jamil Anderlini in Beijing and Javier Blas in London |
| China has quietly almost doubled its gold reserves to become the world’s fifth-biggest holder of the precious metal, it emerged on Friday, in a move that signals the revival of bullion after years of fading importance. read more |
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Russia criticizes NATO Georgia war games, urges boycott
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| Russian tanks move through Tskhinvali, the capital of South Ossetia, soon after Russia’s August (2008) war with Georgia. |
| Russia criticizes NATO Georgia war games, urges boycott |
| Reuters | Apr 27, 2009 | |
| MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov on Monday criticized NATO exercises in Georgia next month as harmful and said other countries should join Russia in boycotting them.
NATO had invited Russia to send observers to the near month-long exercises that will involve 1,300 troops from NATO members and other countries. |
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Electricity Grid in U.S. Penetrated By Spies
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Robert Moran monitors an electric grid in Dallas. Such infrastructure grids across the country are vulnerable to cyberattacks.
Electricity Grid in U.S. Penetrated By Spies
Wall Street Journal | Apr 08, 2009 | By SIOBHAN GORMAN
WASHINGTON — Cyberspies have penetrated the U.S. electrical grid and left behind software programs that could be used to disrupt the system, according to current and former national-security officials.
The spies came from China, Russia and other countries, these officials said, and were believed to be on a mission to navigate the U.S. electrical system and its controls. The intruders haven’t sought to damage the power grid or other key infrastructure, but officials warned they could try duri. . . read more
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Space auction fails to take off
Yury Gagarin in the Vostok 1 command capsule (AFP Photo)
Space auction fails to take off
Russia Today, December 12, 2008
An auction of valuable Soviet space memorabilia has been cancelled in New York after Sotheby’s was unable to attract serious buyers. The move dashes hopes that rare documents relating to the golden age of space exploration might be returned to Russia.
Space auction fails to take off
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Russian warship enters Panama Canal
Russian warship enters Panama Canal (Russia Today)
Russian warship enters Panama Canal
Russia Today, December 7, 2008
The Admiral Chabanenko is on its way back to Russia after an historic passage through the Panama Canal and participating in military exercises with Venezuela’s Navy in the Caribbean.
Russian Warship enters Panama Canal
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Russian leader embarks on defiant Latin America tour
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev, pictured here on November 20, 2008, on Friday embarked on a four-nation Latin American tour seen as sending a defiant message to the United States at the close of the George W. Bush presidency. (Source: AFP)
Russian leader embarks on defiant Latin America tour
AFP, Nov 21 05:53 PM US/Eastern — Russian President Dmitry Medvedev on Friday embarked on a four-nation Latin American tour seen as sending a defiant message to the United States at the close of the George W. Bush presidency.
…Meanwhile back home
‘MTV’ will stop broadcasting as its license expired this summer after 15 years, but its not the famous music channel experiencing problems. Malovereiskoe TV, a small broadcasting station in the heart of a Russian region. Its programming was mainly farming and local gossip and it only had around 600 viewers, but in terms of local TV it was a ratings success.
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Medvedev: ready to respond if U.S. ends missile plan
Russia’s President Dmitry Medvedev listens to a question during an interview at the presidential residence in Gorki outside Moscow prior to the Russia-EU Summit, November 13, 2008. REUTERS/RIA Novosti/Kremlin/Astakhov Dmitry
Medvedev: ready to respond if U.S. ends missile plan
Thu Nov 13, 2008 2:36am EST
PARIS (Reuters) – Russia could cancel its deployment of missiles near the Polish border if U.S. President-elect Barack Obama scraps plans for a missile defense system in central Europe, Russian President Dmitry Medvedev said.
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Georgians Flee Border Village as Russian Troops Leave
South Ossetians flee the South Ossetian capital of Tskhinvali on August 10th after Russian troops took most of the city on Sunday after a three-day battle. Photo: REUTERS/Denis Sinyakov (GEORGIA)
Georgians Flee Border Village as Russian Troops Leave
By OLESYA VARTANYAN and ELLEN BARRY Published: November 10, 2008
PEREVI, Georgia — Dozens of Georgians clambered over one another to crowd into a rickety bus on Monday to flee this remote mountain village, which has become a flash point of mounting tensions on the boundary of South Ossetia.
Ten killed in Ossetian suicide blast
At least ten people have been killed and dozens injured in what appears to be a suicide bombing in Russias southern city of Vladikavkaz in North Ossetia. Most of the victims of the deadliest attack in the republic for years were students returning from classes. The severed head of a suspected suicide bomber was reportedly found at the scene.
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