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 7, 2011
Russian Navy Squadron Reportedly En Route To Mediterranean
Russian news agencies have quoted defense officials as saying a Russian Navy squadron has set off for the Mediterranean. The officials said the squadron, including the heavy-aircraft-carrying cruiser “Admiral Kuznetsov,” is to make a call at the Russian base in the Syrian port of Tartus. The officials were quoted as saying the visit had been [...]
December 2, 2011
Done deal: Russia supplies cruise missiles to Syria
Fulfilling a contract signed in 2007, Russia has supplied Bastion coastal missile systems with Yakhont cruise missiles to Syria under a contract signed in 2007, a diplomatic source in Moscow has told Russian media. Objecting to Western fears that the defensive weapons system will fall into the hands of terrorist groups, a diplomatic source says [...]
December 2, 2011
Russian missile cruiser Varyag returns home after Pacific trip
A Russian Pacific Fleet’s task force, led by the missile cruiser Varyag, returns to its home base in Vladivostok on Friday, the fleet’s spokesman said. The task force, which also includes the Irkut tanker and a salvage tugboat, set sail for a tour-of-duty in the Pacific on September 20. “The solemn meeting of the vessels [...]
November 30, 2011
Just in case? Russian fleet to reach Syria in December
Speculation is growing whether Russian war ships heading to the Mediterranean will indeed anchor by the Syrian coast. And, despite military officials’ assurances, some expect it to disturb the balance of power in the region. Conflicting reports are coming from the Russian military on whether the Russian battle group of three vessels led by the [...]
November 29, 2011
Just in case? Russian fleet to head toward Syria in December
Speculation is growing whether Russian war ships heading to the Mediterranean will indeed anchor by the Syrian coast. And, despite military officials’ assurances, some expect it to disturb the balance of power in the region. Conflicting reports are coming from the Russian military on whether the Russian battle group of three vessels led by the [...]
November 16, 2011
Russia finds missing White Sea cargo ship
Russian rescuers found a missing cargo ship, the Kapitan Kuznetsov, in the White Sea, a department from the Russian Emergencies Ministry said on Wednesday. A search operation started on Tuesday. The Kapitan Kuznetsov was en route from St. Petersburg to the northern Russian port city of Arkhangelsk when its distress beacons went off at 4:09 a.m. [...]
October 29, 2011
Russian Black Sea fleet ship to take part in joint naval drills with Italy
The Smetlivy anti-submarine ship of Russia’s Black Sea Fleet will leave its home port of Sevastopol later on Sunday and head to the Mediterranean Sea to prepare for the Ioniex 2011 Russian-Italian naval exercise, a Russian Defense Ministry spokesman said. The drill will take place in early November, he said. The Ioniex exercise is held [...]
October 25, 2011
Russian APEC boat makes political splash in US
An old dispute over historic books has forced the Russian sailing ship Nadezhda to cancel its goodwill visit to the US port of San Francisco, California. The captain’s decision was motivated by the “threat of the ship’s arrest” allegedly aimed at pushing Russia into returning the so-called Schneerson Collection – the legendary body of historic [...]
October 25, 2011
Russian Press at a Glance, Monday, October 24, 2011
POLITICS Russia has completed an initial “undesirables list” of individuals who will be refused entry into the country in response to the United States’ so-called Magnitsky List, which blacklists Russian officials allegedly linked to the death of lawyer Sergei Magnitsky earlier in the year from entering the United States (Rossiiskaya Gazeta, the Moscow Times) Russian [...]
October 21, 2011
Main News of October 21
WORLD * NATO actions preceding the death of former Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi should be scrutinized for their compliance with international law, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said. * A U.S. missile cruiser arrived on Friday in the Ukrainian port of Sevastopol on an official visit which local authorities tried to kept secret to [...]
October 19, 2011
Russia’s Summa private firm wins tender to build oil terminal in Rotterdam
Summa Group, a Russian diversified private holding company, has won a tender to construct an oil terminal in the Dutch port of Rotterdam, a Kremlin source said on Wednesday. “Summa and the Dutch port of Rotterdam will sign a general agreement on the construction and operation of the oil terminal,” the source said. This project [...]
October 8, 2011
Russian sailing ship Pallada returns home after Pacific tour
Russian sailing vessel Pallada returned on Saturday to the home port of Vladivostok after a three-month Pacific tour, RIA Novosti correspondent reported. The ship, carrying over 100 cadets from Russia’s Far Eastern Primorye and Kamchatka territories, sailed from Vladivostok on July 1. The trip was dedicated to the 50th anniversary of Soviet cosmonaut Yury Gagarin’s [...]