A Russian launcher will put several European Space Agency (ESA) satellites into orbit from the Kourou space port in French Guiana on December 17, Russia’s Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos) said on Monday. The Soyuz ST-A will orbit Pleades and SSoT satellites, as well as four Elisa microsatellites. The rocket was delivered to the launch pad [...]
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December 12, 2011
December 11, 2011
Russian expats protest amid wave of anger – and hope
As thousands of Russians descended on a park in central Moscow this week to protest against disputed elections won by Vladimir Putin‘s United Russia party, Alexey Kovalev began to feel something. “I could feel the buzz I felt in 1991 when I was out in the streets with my parents. I was watching the news, [...]
December 5, 2011
November 27, 2011
November 22, 2011
Russian experts baffled by probe’s erratic behavior
Russian Federal Space Agency experts are puzzled by the rising orbit of the Phobos-Grunt unmanned Mars probe, Roscosmos deputy head Vitaly Davydov said on Tuesday. The probe was launched on November 9 but its engines have not put it on course for the Red Planet. The craft, designed to bring back rock and soil samples [...]
November 9, 2011
October 31, 2011
October 26, 2011
Moscow accuses Washington of violating international law
Wednesday October 26, 2011 I believe the Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov concerns are certainly valid with regards to the United States and the behaviour of the US Government and their decisions. Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, Russian President Dmitry Medvedev and Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin are three smart men and for years they [...]
October 22, 2011
German police arrest couple suspected of spying for Russia
The German Federal Police have arrested a married couple on suspicion of spying for Russia’s foreign intelligence service for over two decades, according to reports in the German media. The Federal Prosecutor’s Office says the two were arrested on Tuesday by the GSG-9 special operations team, an elite division of the German police. The pair [...]
October 20, 2011
Russian soldier, mom convicted of spying for Georgia
The North Caucasus District Military Court on Wednesday found a Russian serviceman and his mother guilty of spying for Georgia. Sr. Lt. David Aliyev and his mother Irina Aliyeva were sentenced to ten and eight years in a high security prison, respectively. Lt. Gen. Vladimir Milovanov, the military prosecutor of the Southern Military District, said [...]
October 13, 2011
Ron Paul challenges Cain over Fed
Last night’s GOP Debate went for two hours with largely no new points brought up or any sharp criticisms delivered. That was until late in the event when Congressman Ron Paul challenged up-and-comer Herman Cain over his stance on the Federal Reserve. Given the recent economic turmoil erupting in America, more and more citizens are [...]
October 6, 2011
Russia Reveals Arrest Of Chinese ‘Spy’
Russia says it has been holding a Chinese citizen for the past year on espionage charges. Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB) said the case of Tong Shengyong was forwarded by prosecutors to the Moscow City Court. The man is accused of trying to obtain repair manuals for the S-300 long-range surface-to-air missile system, which Beijing [...]
October 5, 2011
Khodorkovsky to choose between meetings with journalists and relatives
Jailed tycoon Mikhail Khodorkovsky will have to choose between personal meetings with relatives and interviews with journalists, Russian Federal Penitentiary Service official said on Wednesday. The official, Sergey Smirnov, said Khodorkovsky, who is serving a 13-year sentence for fraud and tax evasion in a Karelian prison in northwestern Russia, would be able to meet with [...]
September 29, 2011
Russian student dies in train roof video stunt
A Ural Federal University student died from an electric shock of at least 3,000 volts whilst making a video from the roof of a moving train, the Russian Investigative Committee said on Thursday. The burnt body of the student was found on the roof of a train at a station in the Russian Urals Sverdlovsk [...]