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Russia 'is now a criminal state', says Bill Browd

Mon, 23 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0800

BBC News - Nov. 23 (Special Report) - "When Putin first showed up and said he was going to tame the oligarchs, I was the biggest fan of that particular concept. Then I realised that what he meant by taming the oligarchs was sticking law enforcement people in their place," he says.

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Russian Deal on Afghan Supply Route Not Done Yet

Sat, 14 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0800

New York Times - By Peter Baker - Nov. 14 (News Report) - When he met President Dmitri A. Medvedev of Russia in April, President Obama sought to open an important new supply corridor for Afghanistan by flying American troops and weapons through Russian airspace. Visiting Moscow in July, he sealed a deal for as many as 4,500 flights a year, in what he called a “substantial contribution” to the war and a sign of improving relations with Russia.

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S-300 missile deliveries to Iran under review — Russian

Thu, 12 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0800

RIA Novosti - Nov. 12 (News Report) - Russia is still considering the possible deliveries of advance air defense systems to Iran and will not freeze the contract as a concession to the United States, a government official said. Russia signed a contract with Iran on the supply of S-300 air defense systems to the Islamic Republic in December 2005. However, there have been no official reports about the start of the contract's implementation since then.

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The Soviets Built a Doomsday Machine. It’s Still Working.

Tue, 22 Sep 2009 00:00:00 -0700

Wired - By Nicholas Thompson - Sep. 22 (Special Report) - In the 1980s, the Soviets built a Doomsday Machine — and it’s still active. I learned about it while researching my new book, The Hawk and the Dove: Paul Nitze, George Kennan, and the History of the Cold War. It’s also the subject of a story in the current issue of WIRED.

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Inside the Apocalyptic Soviet Doomsday Machine

Mon, 21 Sep 2009 00:00:00 -0700

Wired - By Nicholas Thompson - Sep. 21 (Special Report) - "The Perimeter system is very, very nice," he says. "We remove unique responsibility from high politicians and the military." He looks around again. Yarynich is talking about Russia's doomsday machine. That's right, an actual doomsday device—a real, functioning version of the ultimate weapon, always presumed to exist only as a fantasy of apocalypse-obsessed science fiction writers and paranoid über-hawks. The thing that historian Lewis Mumford called "the central symbol of this scientifically organized nightmare of mass extermination." Turns out Yarynich, a 30-year veteran of the Soviet Strategic Rocket Forces and Soviet General Staff, helped build one.

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White House to Scrap Bush’s Approach to Missile Shield

Fri, 18 Sep 2009 00:00:00 -0700

New York Times - By Peter Baker, Nicholas Kulish - Sep. 18 (News Report) - President Obama announced on Thursday that his administration will scrap former President George W. Bush’s planned missile defense system in Poland and the Czech Republic and instead deploy a reconfigured system aimed more at intercepting shorter-range Iranian missiles.

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Medvedev's Anti-Alcohol Campaign Tries to Make Russia Sober Up

Sun, 06 Sep 2009 00:00:00 -0700

Newsweek - By Andrei Litvinov - Sep. 06 (Special Report) - When it comes to lost causes, attempts to wean Russians off their booze would seem to rank at the very top. But that’s precisely what President Dmitry Medvedev is trying to do. Last week he kicked off a new anti-alcohol campaign aimed at cutting the nation's per capita consumption of alcohol by nearly a quarter by 2012.

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Why 'GQ' Doesn't Want Russians To Read Its Story

Sat, 05 Sep 2009 00:00:00 -0700

National Public Radio - By David Folkenflik - Sep. 05 (News Analysis) - Scott Anderson's piece in the September issue of GQ challenges the official line on a series of bombings that killed hundreds of people in 1999 in Russia. Although no issues have been raised to date about the article's accuracy, GQ management is trying to prevent Russians from reading it.

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Russia battles growing insurgency

Sat, 05 Sep 2009 00:00:00 -0700

The Guardian - By Luke Harding - Sep. 05 (News Report) - The spectre of suicide bombers penetrating into the heart of Moscow came back to haunt Russia today after authorities said they had shot dead five militants, two of whom had explosive belts and tickets to the capital.

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Russia to Reconsider Missile Sale to Iran, Israel’s President Says - NYTimes.com

Wed, 19 Aug 2009 00:00:00 -0700

New York Times - Aug. 19 (News Report) - MOSCOW (AP) -- Israeli President Shimon Peres said Wednesday that the Kremlin has promised to reconsider the planned delivery of powerful air defense missiles to Iran. Russian President Dmitry Medvedev made the pledge during their talks Tuesday in the Black Sea resort of Sochi, Peres said.

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Russian Subs Patrolling Off East Coast of U.S.

Wed, 05 Aug 2009 00:00:00 -0700

New York Times - By Mark Mazzetti, Thom Shanker - Aug. 05 (News Report) - A pair of nuclear-powered Russian attack submarines has been patrolling off the eastern seaboard of the United States in recent days, a rare mission that has raised concerns inside the Pentagon and intelligence agencies about a more assertive stance by the Russian military.

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The Leaders America Hates to Love

Thu, 30 Jul 2009 00:00:00 -0700

Newsweek - By Zeynep Memecan - Jul. 30 (Special Report) - Washington cultivates its allies. But it?s not always proud of them. ...

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Biden Says Weakened Russia Will Bend

Sun, 26 Jul 2009 00:00:00 -0700

Wall Street Journal - By Peter Spiegel - Jul. 26 (News Report) - Biden said Russia's economy is "withering," a trend that will force it to make concessions on national security, including loosening its grip on former republics and shrinking its nuclear arsenal. Mr. Biden said he believes Russia's economic problems are part of a series of developments that have contributed to a significant rethinking by Moscow of its international self-interest. The geographical proximity of the emerging nuclear programs in Iran and North Korea is also likely to make Russia more cooperative with the U.S. in blocking their growth, he said.

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Science & Environment | Space cone to acquire expert data

Tue, 21 Jul 2009 00:00:00 -0700

BBC News - By Jonathan Amos - Jul. 21 (News Report) - Europe continues to develop the technologies needed to bring spacecraft safely back to the Earth's surface. The European Space Agency has signed the contract with industry that will lead to the production of a cone-shaped demonstration vehicle known as EXPERT.

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Chorus of Blame Follows Rights Worker’s Death - NYTimes.com

Fri, 17 Jul 2009 00:00:00 -0700

New York Times - By Andrew E. Kramer, Ellen Barry - Jul. 17 (News Report) - Pallbearers on Thursday carried the body of Natalya Estemirova, the slain Chechen rights activist, for a burial at a cemetery east of Grozny, the capital.

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New Bulava missile test results in failure - Russian military | Top Russian news and analysis online | 'RIA Novosti' newswire

Thu, 16 Jul 2009 00:00:00 -0700

RIA Novosti - Jul. 16 (News Report) - A scheduled test of Russia's new Bulava submarine-launched ballistic missile (SLBM) on July 15 was a failure, the Defense Ministry's press service said on Thursday. "The missile self-destructed after a malfunction of the first stage," the ministry said.

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Russian activist 'found murdered'

Wed, 15 Jul 2009 00:00:00 -0700

BBC News - Jul. 15 (News Report) - A prominent Russian human rights activist, Natalia Estemirova, is found dead after being abducted in Chechnya.

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Obama: U.S., Russia Not Destined to Be Adversaries

Tue, 07 Jul 2009 00:00:00 -0700

Washington Post - By Michael A. Fletcher - Jul. 07 (News Report) - MOSCOW, July 7 -- President Obama called for a new relationship between the United States and Russia Tuesday, saying that the frequent rivals could both prosper by joining forces to combat common threats and pursue mutual interests.

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US, Russia deal would cut nukes to post-cold-war lows

Tue, 07 Jul 2009 00:00:00 -0700

Christian Science Monitor - By Howard LaFranchi - Jul. 07 (News Report) - President Obama and Russian President Dmitry Medvedev committed Monday to reaching a new nuclear-arms reduction agreement that would set both strategic warheads and warhead delivery vehicles, such as missiles, at post-cold-war lows.

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US and Russia agree on nuclear cuts

Mon, 06 Jul 2009 00:00:00 -0700

BBC News - Jul. 06 (News Report) - Medvedev have reached an outline agreement to cut back their nations' stockpiles of nuclear weapons. The "joint understanding" signed in Moscow would see reductions of deployed nuclear warheads to below 1,700 each within seven years of a new treaty.

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Obama, Medvedev Agree on Talk Structure - washingtonpost.com

Mon, 06 Jul 2009 00:00:00 -0700

Washington Post - By Michael A. Fletcher, Philip P. Pan - Jul. 06 (Special Report) - MOSCOW, July 6 -- President Obama and Russian President Dmitry Medvedev announced Monday that they reached a preliminary deal to cut the American and Russian nuclear arsenals by as much as a third while setting aside for further talks a dispute over U.S missile defense plans.In a "joint understanding" they signed before taking questions at a news conference, the two presidents instructed negotiators to draft a new accord that would commit both the United States and Russia to reduce their nuclear warheads to between 1,500 and 1,675 for each country, down from the previous ceiling of 2,200.

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Russia Scolds OSCE For Equating Hitler And Stalin

Sat, 04 Jul 2009 00:00:00 -0700

New York Times - Jul. 04 (News Report) - Russian lawmakers threatened the OSCE with "harsh" consequences on Saturday after the European security body's parliamentary arm condemned both Stalinism and fascism for starting World War Two. Russia's delegates stormed out of the Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe's annual parliamentary meeting after members passed the resolution, drafted by a delegate from the host nation Lithuania, a former Soviet satellite. "This is nothing but an attempt to re-write the history of World War Two," Konstantin Kosachyov, who heads the foreign relations committee of Russia's lower house of parliament, told Interfax news agency.

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Africa | Nigaz name sparks racism debate

Thu, 02 Jul 2009 00:00:00 -0700

BBC News - Jul. 02 (News Report) - A marketing blunder in Nigeria has got online communities all of a twitter, after a joint oil and gas venture with Russia was named Nigaz.

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U.S. and Russia Differ on a Treaty for Cyberspace

Sun, 28 Jun 2009 00:00:00 -0700

New York Times - By John Markoff, Andrew E. Kramer - Jun. 28 (News Report) - The United States and Russia are locked in a fundamental dispute over how to counter the growing threat of cyberwar attacks that could wreak havoc on computer systems and the Internet. Both nations agree that cyberspace is an emerging battleground. The two sides are expected to address the subject when President Obama visits Russia next week and at the General Assembly of the United Nations in November, according to a senior State Department official. But there the agreement ends.

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Russia, China Urge North Korea to Return to Talks

Wed, 17 Jun 2009 00:00:00 -0700

New York Times - Jun. 17 (News Report) - Russia and China urged North Korea on Wednesday to return to the negotiating table on the fate of its rogue nuclear programs -- an unusual joint appeal from two Security Council members who have resisted more punitive U.S. measures against Pyongyang. The appeal, which also expressed ''serious concern'' about tensions on Korean peninsula, came just hours after North Korea warned of a ''thousand-fold'' military retaliation against the U.S. and its allies if provoked. The United States, meanwhile, called on Pyongyang to stop its saber-rattling and negotiate.

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