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• U.S. Says Five Other Countries Have Biological-Weapons Programs RFE/RL 31 Aug 2005 -- A new U.S. State Department report says evidence indicates that Russia, Iran, North Korea, and Syria continue to maintain biological-weapons programs.
• Three Russian Soldiers Reportedly Killed In Chechnya RFE/RL 31 Aug 2005 -- An official from the pro-Moscow Chechen administration said today that land mines killed a Russian bomb expert, while a soldier and a member of the federal forces were shot dead in an attack by Chechen militants.
• Basaev Says Beslan Raid Prompted By FSB Sting RFE/RL 31 Aug 2005 -- The catalyst for the Beslan hostage taking on 1 September 2004 was an attempt by the Federal Security Service (FSB) to infiltrate the Chechen resistance and to provoke them to try to seize the parliament building in Vladikavkaz, North Ossetia
• Russia: Ivan Rybkin Discusses Prospects For Peace In Chechnya RFE/RL 30 Aug 2005 -- Former Russian Security Council Secretary Ivan Rybkin was closely involved in the Chechen peace process in 1996-98, including liaising with former Chechen President Aslan Maskhadov in the run-up to the 1997 Russian-Chechen treaty.
• Chechen Minister Confirms Basaev Back In Government RFE/RL 30 Aug 2005 -- A senior Chechen rebel representative confirmed today that Chechen rebel leader Shamil Basaev has rejoined the separatists' government.
• Russia: One Year After Beslan Tragedy, Questions Remain RFE/RL 30 Aug 2005 -- On 1 September 2004 -- the first day of the school year -- armed militants took more than 1,000 people hostage at School No. 1 in the small North Ossetian city of Beslan.
• Russian Train Derailed by Blast VOA News 28 Aug 2005 -- A bomb planted near railroad tracks has derailed a passenger train in Russia's southern republic of Dagestan.
• India, Russia to hold air, land exercises in Thar desert IRNA 26 Aug 2005 -- Close on the heels of the largest-ever Russia- China military maneuvers, India and Russia proposed to hold large scale air and land exercises in the Thar desert in mid October, with the accent on anti-terrorism.
• Russia: Moscow, Beijing Conclude War Games, As Region Looks On With Interest RFE/RL 25 Aug 2005 -- Thousands of Chinese and Russian troops have concluded their first-ever joint military exercises by staging a mock invasion by paratroopers on China's east coast.
• Defense Ministers Observe Sino-Russian War Games RFE/RL 24 Aug 2005 -- The Russian and the Chinese defense ministers met in China's port city of Qingdao today, where they are both monitoring the two countries' first major joint military exercises.
• China, Russia Exercises Highlight Growing Ties, Old Suspicions VOA 24 Aug 2005 -- Nearly ten-thousand Chinese and Russian troops are carrying out joint military exercises for a second week off eastern China's Shandong peninsula
• Rumsfeld Not Concerned About Russia-China Exercises, Experts Divided VOA 23 Aug 2005 -- U.S. Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld says he is not concerned about the first bi-lateral Russia-China military exercises, which are now in their second week and include an amphibious landing in eastern China, not far from Taiwan
• CHINA AND RUSSIA CONDUCT PEACE MISSION 2005: AN 'EXERCISE OF POWER' US Dept. of State IIP, Foreign Media Reaction 23 Aug 2005
• Sino-Russian Exercises Continue RFE/RL 23 Aug 2005 -- Russian and Chinese forces have begun a mock assault on the beaches of northern China, the final stage of the first ever military maneuvers between the former Cold War rivals.
• Local Chechen Militant Chief Killed RFE/RL 22 Aug 2005 -- Officials say Chechnya's law-enforcement bodies have killed the self-designated "emir" of the Urus-Martan Raion, Ruslan Vakhayev.
• Russia: A Three-Way Struggle For Chechen Islam RFE/RL 22 Aug 2005 -- Three Islamic groups in Chechnya are competing for influence over the Muslims of that republic -- the state-controlled and pro-Moscow muftiate, the traditional Sufi tariqats and the radical Islamist djamaats, according to Shamil Beno, a former Chechen foreign minister who now works as an political analyst and activist in Moscow.
• Russia, China Prepare For Live-Fire Drills RFE/RL 22 Aug 2005 -- Russian and Chinese forces -- taking part in their first-ever joint military maneuvers -- are preparing for exercises involving the use of real ammunition on China's east coast.
• Chinese, Russian Paratroopers Jump To Historic First RFE/RL 20 Aug 2005 -- Russian and Chinese paratroopers today landed along China's northeastern coast as some 9,000 soldiers from the two countries began the second stage of their first-ever joint military exercises.
• Russia to remain leading space power - head of Roscosmos RIA Novosti 19 Aug 2005 -- The main goal of the Federal Space Program for 2006-2015 is to retain Russia's status as a leading space power, head of the Russian Space Agency (Roscosmos) Anatoly Perminov said in an interview with the Military-Industrial Courier weekly.
• Russia unveils new earth remote sensing system RIA Novosti 19 Aug 2005 -- Earth remote sensing (ERS) systems are widely used throughout the world, as the data obtained has many useful social and economic applications.
• Russian FSB Head Says Weapon Protection Could Improve RFE/RL 19 Aug 2005 -- Russian Federal Security Service Director Nikolai Patrushev, said today that Russia's weapons of mass destruction are well protected, but he added that measures to keep them out of terrorist hands must still be improved.
• Russia, Finland to discuss peaceful nuclear cooperation RIA Novosti 19 Aug 2005 -- Russia and Finland will hold talks on security regulations and peaceful use of nuclear energy, the Russian government said Friday.
• Russian air defense and Air Force expenditure to double in 2006 RIA Novosti 19 Aug 2005 -- Expenditure on air defense and the Air Force in 2006 will double relative to this year, Defense Minister Sergei Ivanov said Friday after arriving at Valaam island in northwest Russia.
• Putin: Commander-in-Charge RIA Novosti 19 Aug 2005 -- Vladimir Putin, Russian President and Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces, has been making headlines since he came back from the Northern Fleet tactical exercise in the Arctic.
• Russian, Japanese border guards conducting joint exercise off Japanese coast RIA Novosti 19 Aug 2005 -- Russian and Japanese maritime border guards have begun a joint exercise off Japan's western coast near the Niigata prefecture, Japanese state channel NHK reported Friday.
• Alenia Aeronautica to acquire 25% of Sukhoi Civil Aircraft RIA Novosti 19 Aug 2005 -- Alenia Aeronautica, Italy's leading aeronautics producer and a major player on the European aerospace market, signed a preliminary agreement Thursday to buy at least 25% block in Sukhoi Civil Aircraft (SCA), daughter of the Sukhoi aircraft holding, a respected business daily reported Friday.
• Russia Deploys Riot Troops To Stop Ethnic Clashes RFE/RL 19 Aug 2005 -- Russia has deployed more than 1,000 riot troops in the southern Astrakhan Oblast to stop ethnic clashes between Chechens and Kalmyks that already left one man dead and many injured.
• Chinese-Russian Military Exercises Continue RFE/RL 19 Aug 2005 -- Russia and China today started the second day of their first-ever joint military exercises by developing a unit that will stage a landing on a Chinese peninsula in order to end an ethnic conflict in a fictional country.
• Russian airports get new security control equipment RIA Novosti 18 Aug 2005 -- The Russian Interior Ministry intends to supply airports with new special devices designed to detect explosives and weapons, a ministry official said Thursday.
• Putin says force not only factor in fighting terrorism RIA Novosti 18 Aug 2005 -- Russian President Vladimir Putin said Thursday that the use of force is not enough to eradicate terrorism and that equalizing terrorism with Islam is impermissible.
• All branches of armed forces taking part in Russian-Chinese military exercise RIA Novosti 18 Aug 2005 -- The Chief of the General Staff of China's People's Liberation Army told a news briefing in Vladivostok, Russia's Far East, Thursday that nearly all branches and services of the Russian and Chinese armed forces were participating in the joint military exercises, Peace Mission 2005.
• Russia to join Shanghai Cooperation Organization military exercises RIA Novosti 18 Aug 2005 -- Russia will take part in military exercises with the countries of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) this fall.
• Russian Air Force commander bans Mi-8 helicopter flights RIA Novosti 18 Aug 2005 -- Russian Air Force Commander Vladimir Mikhailov has ordered the suspension of Mi-8 helicopter flights until the cause of a recent accident at an airbase in Khabarovsk, in Russia's Far East, is clear, Air Force press secretary Alexander Drobyshevsky said.
• Russia, Kazakhstan to begin second phase of Caspian anti-terror exercise RIA Novosti 18 Aug 2005 -- Russia and Kazakhstan, the heavyweights of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS), are beginning the second phase of joint anti-terrorist exercises in the Caspian region Thursday, CIS counter-terrorism officials reported.
• Four killed in Mi-8 crash in West Siberia RIA Novosti 18 Aug 2005 -- An Argo airlines Mi-8 helicopter crashed Thursday in the Khanty-Mansi autonomous region of West Siberia.
• Mi-8 helicopter flights will not be suspended RIA Novosti 18 Aug 2005 -- The Russian Air Force will continue flying Mi-8 helicopters despite the crash near Khabarovsk (Far East), the commander of the Air Force said Thursday.
• Russia issues engine manufacturing license to India RIA Novosti 18 Aug 2005 -- Russia and India signed an intergovernmental agreement during the MAKS-2005 air show issuing a license to manufacture AL-55I jet engines in India with Russian assistance.
• Militants planning attacks in Chechnya RIA Novosti 18 Aug 2005 -- The militant group that attacked the house of the head of local administration in the village of Roshni-Chu in southeastern Chechnya is planning a series of attacks on the territory of Chechnya, a spokesperson for the Russian military contingent in the Northern Caucasus said Thursday.
• Russian-Chinese exercises a new era in bilateral cooperation RIA Novosti 18 Aug 2005 -- The first Russian-Chinese military exercises have opened a new era in bilateral military cooperation, a Russian diplomat said Thursday.
• Rosenergoatom against privatizing nuclear power industry RIA Novosti 18 Aug 2005 -- There is no need to privatize Russia's nuclear power industry, Stanislav Antipov, who heads Rosenergoatom, Russia's electric and thermal energy generating concern, told the daily newspaper Vedomosti Thursday.
• New helicopter holding to be set up in Russia RIA Novosti 18 Aug 2005 -- Major Russian helicopter manufacturing companies will set up a new holding called Oboronprom United Industrial Corporation, the concern's director, Denis Manturov, said.
• Stage one of chemical weapons destruction facility to be launched in March RIA Novosti 18 Aug 2005 -- The first stage of a chemical weapons destruction facility in the Kirov region in European Russia's northeast will be launched in March 2006, Regional Governor Nikolai Shaklein told a press conference Thursday.
• Russian military exports not to decline in 2005 RIA Novosti 18 Aug 2005 -- The volume of Russian military export supplies will be no less than last year, the head of Rosoboronexport, Russia's only state middleman in the sector, told a news conference at the Max-2005 air show Thursday.
• Modern armaments exhibition center to be built near Moscow RIA Novosti 18 Aug 2005 -- A new modern armaments exhibition center will be built at the Zhukovsky airfield near Moscow, the head of Russia's main arms exporter told a news conference at the MAKS-2005 air show Thursday.
• Russia plans Moon exploration RIA Novosti 18 Aug 2005 -- Russia's aerospace corporation, Energiya, intends to begin producing helium III, an environmentally clean fuel that cannot be produced on Earth, on the Moon.
• Soyuz spacecraft to cost NASA $65 million RIA Novosti 18 Aug 2005 -- The Russian Space Agency Roscosmos will sell a Soyuz spacecraft, a carrier rocket and launch services to NASA for some $65 million, if the American agency approves the deal, a Roscosmos official told journalists Thursday.
• Russia/China: Joint Military Exercise A Result Of New Strategic Partnership RFE/RL 18 Aug 2005 -- Russia and China kicked off their first-ever joint military exercises today in the city of Vladivostok in Russia's Far East.
• Historic Sino-Russian Exercises Under Way RFE/RL 18 Aug 2005 -- Russia and China today started their first-ever joint military exercises with an opening ceremony in Vladivostok.
• Russian Helicopter Crashes During Exercise RFE/RL 18 Aug 2005 -- A Russian military helicopter crashed early today in Russia's Far East region, near the Chinese border, injuring three crewmembers.
• Antiterrorism Exercises Held In Kazakhstan RFE/RL 17 Aug 2005 -- Security officials from Russia, Kazakhstan, and Ukraine are due to start two days of antiterrorism exercises today on the Kazakh coast of the Caspian Sea.
• Russia: What Is The Biggest Threat To Stability In Kabardino-Balkaria? RFE/RL 17 Aug 2005 -- Senior Russian officials and human rights activists alike have predicted in recent weeks that Kabardino-Balkaria, with a total population of some 800,000, could become the next North Caucasus federation subject to descend into chaos, following Chechnya and Daghestan.
• Russia Tests Ballistic Missile RFE/RL 17 Aug 2005 -- A Russian submarine today fired an intercontinental ballistic missile with dummy nuclear warheads from the Barents Sea during naval exercises.
• Jordan's King Signs Deal On Russian Planes RFE/RL 17 Aug 2005 -- Visiting Jordanian King Abdullah signed today an agreement for the purchase of two Russian Ilyushin-76MF military transport planes.
• Police Seize Russian Uranium In Istanbul RFE/RL 16 Aug 2005 -- The Turkish news agency Anatolia today reported that police have arrested and charged two people with attempting to smuggle nuclear materials after they were allegedly found trying to sell 173 grams of enriched uranium smuggled from Russia.
• Russia: Lawmakers Propose Bill To Allow Putin To Run For Third Term RFE/RL 16 Aug 2005 -- Just days after Russian President Vladimir Putin said he might consider running for a third term -- if the constitution allowed it -- a Russian lawmaker has proposed a bill to amend Russia's constitution to allow him to do just that.
• Russia: Chechen Official Puts War Death Toll At 160,000 RFE/RL 16 Aug 2005 -- A top official in Chechnya's pro-Kremlin government said on 15 August that up to 160,000 troops and civilians have died or gone missing in the two wars waged by Russia against Chechen separatist rebels.
• Russian Officer Under Investigation In Mini-Sub Probe RFE/RL 15 Aug 2005 -- Russian prosecutors have opened a criminal investigation against the captain of one of the vessels involved in efforts to rescue a mini-submarine trapped on the bottom of the Pacific Ocean earlier this month.
• Chechen Official: Death Toll From Wars Could Be 160,000 RFE/RL 15 Aug 2005 -- A top pro-Moscow official in Chechnya said today that up to 160,000 civilians and troops have died or gone missing in the two wars that have been fought in Chechnya.
• Russians Mark Fifth Anniversary of Kursk Sub Disaster VOA 12 Aug 2005 -- Ceremonies are being held across Russia (Friday) to mark the fifth anniversary of the Kursk nuclear submarine disaster in which all 118 people on board died
• Russians Loading Equipment From Georgian Base RFE/RL 12 Aug 2005 -- Russian Army officials say the military pullout from Georgia's Black Sea port of Batumi has started.
• Three Russian Soldiers, Three Policemen Killed In Chechnya RFE/RL 10 Aug 2005 -- Three Russian soldiers and three police officers have reportedly been killed in the latest fighting in Chechnya.
• Russia: Moscow Urges Iran To Halt Nuclear Restart RFE/RL 10 Aug 2005 -- Russia's Foreign Ministry has urged Iran to immediately halt its work on uranium conversion and continue its close cooperation with the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA).
• Russia Investigates Mini-Sub Incident VOA 08 Aug 2005 -- Russia is launching an investigation into the Navy's response to the stranding of a mini-sub at the bottom of the Pacific that was rescued Sunday with British help
• Seven Russian Sailors Rescued From Sub VOA 07 Aug 2005 -- Seven Russian sailors trapped aboard a Russian mini-submarine for almost three days are back on the surface after a British undersea rescue vehicle severed the cables that had trapped the mini-sub.
• Russian Sub Rescued With Crew Alive RFE/RL 07 Aug 2005 -- Russia today expressed "profound thanks" to Great Britain, Japan, and the United States for their role in saving the lives of seven Russian sailors who were trapped in a submarine for three days on the Pacific Ocean floor.
• Nine Russian Soldiers Reported Killed In Chechnya RFE/RL 07 Aug 2005 -- Chechnya's pro-Kremlin administration said today that nine Russian soldiers were killed and nine more wounded in weekend clashes with Chechen separatist rebels
• Russian Submarine Rescued, Crewmen Safe VOA News 07 Aug 2005 -- Seven sailors aboard a Russian submarine stranded on the floor of the Bering Sea since Thursday were rescued Sunday after being trapped on the floor of the Bering Sea for more than three days.
• Rescue Efforts Continue for Stricken Russian Mini-Sub VOA 06 Aug 2005 -- Russian officials are still trying to save the seven sailors onboard an AS-28 mini-submarine, stuck on the bottom of the sea off Russia's Pacific Coast
• Race Against Time To Save Russian Sub Crew RFE/RL 06 Aug 2005 -- U.S. and British rescue teams have arrived in Russia's Far East to try to save the crew of a submarine stranded at the bottom of the Pacific.
• Rescuers lifting submersible to let divers work RIA Novosti 06 Aug 2005 -- Rescuers are trying to lift the stricken submersible to the depth of 30-50 meters to let divers work, Russian Navy Deputy Commander-in-chief Igor Dygalo said.
• First stage of submersible rescue operation kicks off in Kamchatka RIA Novosti 06 Aug 2005 -- The first stage of the stricken submersible rescue operation has been launch in the Berezovaya Bay, Russian Pacific Fleet commander Viktor Fyodorov said."We have attached cables and are planning to raise [the vessel]," Fyodorov told the NTV channel.
• Submersible rescue operation begins Saturday night RIA Novosti 06 Aug 2005 -- The stricken submersible rescue operation involving foreign specialists will start off the Kamchatka coast after 8 p.m. Moscow time, the Pacific Fleet said.
• Submersible rescue: human life more important than any secrets RIA Novosti 06 Aug 2005 -- The rescue operation of the trapped Russian Navy submersible with seven sailors onboard continues in the Berezovaya Bay off the Kamchatka southern coast. British and American planes have already brought Super Scorpio robotic undersea vehicles to Kamchatka
• Navy has 24 hours for rescue operation RIA Novosti 06 Aug 2005 -- We have 24 hours more to conduct the rescue operation of the AS-28 submersible near the Kamchatka peninsula, Deputy Chief of the Russian Navy General Staff Vladimir Pepelyayev said.
• Fishing net wound around submersible's propeller three times - official RIA Novosti 06 Aug 2005 -- A fishing net and a rope wound around the stricken submersible's propeller three times, Deputy Chief of the Russian General Staff Vladimir Pepelyayev said.
• U.S. plane delivers two rescue undersea vehicles to Kamchatka RIA Novosti 06 Aug 2005 -- A U.S. C-5 plane has brought two Scorpion deep-sea vehicles to Kamchatka to help rescue the trapped Russian submersible, Russian Navy spokesman Igor Dygalo said.
• Rescue equipment discharged from British plane in Kamchatka RIA Novosti 06 Aug 2005 -- Rescue equipment has been discharged from a British C-17 plane in the airport of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Deputy Commander of the Russian Troops and Forces in Russia's Northeast Yevgeny Petrov said.
• Stricken submersible has enough air till end of rescue operation RIA Novosti 06 Aug 2005 -- The AS-28 submersible trapped on the Pacific seabed has enough air supply till the end of the rescue operation, Russian Navy Deputy Chief of Staff Vladimir Pepelyayev said.
• Russia Struggles to Rescue Sub Crew VOA 05 Aug 2005 -- The Russian navy is struggling to rescue the seven man crew of a mini-submarine that is stuck on the bottom of the sea off the country's Pacific coast
• Submersible crew's health satisfactory, rescue work continues RIA Novosti 05 Aug 2005 -- The health of the seven-man crew on the Russian Navy submersible, stuck on the Pacific Ocean's seabed, is satisfactory, Rear Admiral Vladimir Pepelyaev said Friday.
• Tiger deep-sea apparatus to participate in rescue operation of stricken submersible RIA Novosti 05 Aug 2005 -- The remote controlled deep-sea apparatus Tiger is involved in the rescue operation of the Russian submersible stuck on the Pacific Ocean's seabed, a spokesman for the Russian Navy said Friday.
• Britain to send vessel to rescue Russian submersible RIA Novosti 05 Aug 2005 -- Britain will send a Scorpio 45 deep-sea vessel Friday night to rescue the Russian submersible stuck on the Pacific Ocean's seabed, a spokesman for the British Defense Ministry said.
• Strain of sweeper to hook stuck submersible insufficient RIA Novosti 05 Aug 2005 -- The strain of the dragging cable necessary to hook up the Russian submersible stuck on the Pacific Ocean's seabed to the rescue vessel is not sufficient enough, Rear Admiral Vladimir Pepelyaev said Friday.
• No damage to stuck Russian submersible discovered RIA Novosti 05 Aug 2005 -- No damage has been discovered to the trapped Russian submersible on the Pacific seabed, an assistant to the Russian Navy's commander said.
• Trapped submersible towed to shallow waters RIA Novosti 05 Aug 2005 -- The Russian submersible trapped on the Pacific seabed near the Kamchatka peninsula is being towed to shallow waters, Pacific Fleet Commander Viktor Fyodorov told the Rossiya TV channel.
• At least 12 hours of oxygen left on stuck submersible RIA Novosti 05 Aug 2005 -- There is enough oxygen on the submersible stuck on the seabed in the Pacific Ocean to last until rescuers free the vessel, Rear Admiral Vladimir Pepelyaev said.
• Rescue of Russian submersible to begin around 2-3A.M. RIA Novosti 05 Aug 2005 -- The rescue of the Russian submersible trapped on the seabed near the Kamchatka coast in Russia's Far East will begin between 2 and 3 a.m. tomorrow, the deputy chief of Russian Navy headquarters said.
• Submersible crew told to save electricity RIA Novosti 05 Aug 2005 -- Russian Navy Central Command told the crew of the submersible trapped on the seabed near the Kamchatka peninsula to minimize physical activity and save electricity, Russian Navy spokesman Igor Dygalo said.
• Bathyscaphe Priz: 24 hours of hope RIA Novosti 05 Aug 2005 -- The AS-28 Priz bathyscaphe of Russia's Pacific Fleet sank on Thursday, August 4, off southern Kamchatka.
• Stricken submersible certified until March 2006 RIA Novosti 05 Aug 2005 -- The deep-sea submersible trapped off the Kamchatka peninsula in the Russian Far East was certified for operation until March 2006, a source in the Russian Pacific Fleet said Friday.
• U.S. rescue vessel sent to aid stricken Russian submersible RIA Novosti 05 Aug 2005 -- The U.S. rescue vessel Scorpion will help free the trapped Russian submersible on the Pacific seabed, an assistant to the Russian Navy's commander said.
• Remaining oxygen on stricken submersible to last 24 hours - source RIA Novosti 05 Aug 2005 -- The remaining oxygen on board the stricken submersible in the Pacific Ocean will last for 24 hours taking into account the regeneration system, a Russian Navy representative said Friday.
• U.S. to send equipment to help rescue stricken deep-sea vessel RIA Novosti 05 Aug 2005 -- The United States intends to send rescue equipment to Kamchatka (Russia's Far East) to help rescue the Russian deep-sea vessel trapped underwater with seven crewmembers on board, a spokesman for the Russian Navy said.
• U.S. Navy working on Russian submersible rescue plan RIA Novosti 05 Aug 2005 -- The U.S. Navy is working out a plan to rescue the stricken Russian submersible, the U.S. Embassy in Moscow said.
• Another vessel joins rescue operation for stricken submersible RIA Novosti 05 Aug 2005 -- A cable ship has joined the operation to rescue the stricken deep-sea submersible in the Pacific Ocean, a source in the Russian navy said Friday.
• Stricken submersible in normal technical condition RIA Novosti 05 Aug 2005 -- The deep-sea submersible stricken near the Kamchatka peninsula in the Russian Far East is in normal technical condition, the Pacific Fleet headquarters said.
• Designers meet to discuss stricken submersible RIA Novosti 05 Aug 2005 -- Experts from the Lazutit Central Design Bureau (CDB), which designed the AS-28 deep-sea submersible stranded on the Pacific floor, are conducting an emergency meeting, a bureau official said Friday.
• Oxygen reserves in deep-sea vessels last five days for a crew of four - expert RIA Novosti 05 Aug 2005 -- Oxygen reserves in submersibles like the one now grounded near Kamchatka (Far East) can last for five days for a crew of four, a designer of the first standard and rescue submersible vessels said.
• Rescuers to work round the clock to save distressed deep-sea vessel RIA Novosti 05 Aug 2005 -- Rescuers will work round the clock to save the distressed deep-sea submersible in the Berezovaya Bay, a senior Russian naval officer said Friday.
• Russian Navy asks U.S. for help to rescue distressed deep-sea vessel - official RIA Novosti 05 Aug 2005 -- The Russian navy leadership has asked the U.S. Pacific Fleet for help to rescue a deep-sea vessel in distress, an aide of the Russian Navy supreme commander said.
• Russian deep-sea vessel caught on fishing net -- Navy official RIA Novosti 05 Aug 2005 -- A Russian deep-sea vessel stranded with seven seamen on board off Russia's Pacific coast is thought to have been become caught on a fishing net, a spokesman for the Russian Navy said.
• Air supply in deep-sea vessel will last at least 72 hours RIA Novosti 05 Aug 2005 -- The air supply on the deep-sea observation vessel (bathyscaphe) that has sunk in Biryuzovo Bay off the Kamchatka Peninsula will last for at least 72 hours, First Class Captain of the Russian Navy Igor Dygalo said Friday.
• Rescue of Russian bathyscaphe from sea bottom under way RIA Novosti 05 Aug 2005 -- The seven-member crew of a Russian bathyscaphe (a deep-sea observation vessel) that sank near the Kamchatka Peninsula (Russia's Far East) is alive and well, a spokesman for the Russian Navy Pacific Fleet said.
• Russia/China: Military Exercises Underscore Growing Ties RFE/RL 05 Aug 2005 -- Russia and China will hold unprecedented joint military exercises later this month in the Russian Far Eastern city of Vladivostok and in the coastal Chinese province of Shandong and nearby waters
• Rescue Vessel Reportedly Towing Mini-Sub RFE/RL 05 Aug 2005 -- Russian state television says a rescue vessel is towing a disabled mini-submarine to shallower waters.
• Russian Mini-Sub Stuck Beneath Pacific RFE/RL 05 Aug 2005 -- The Russian Navy says sailors on board a small submarine stuck at the bottom of the Pacific Ocean have a four-day oxygen supply.
• Russia Asks Japan For Help In Sub Rescue RFE/RL 05 Aug 2005 -- The Russian Navy now says it has requested Japanese assistance as it tries to free a mini-submarine stuck at the bottom of the Pacific Ocean, off the Kamchatka Peninsula.
• Russian Navy Says Sub Only Has Oxygen For 24 Hours RFE/RL 05 Aug 2005 -- The Russian Navy now says seven sailors stuck in a mini-submarine at the bottom of the Pacific Ocean only have 24 hours of oxygen left.
• U.S., Britain Aid In Russian Sub Rescue Effort RFE/RL 05 Aug 2005 -- Spokesman for the Russian Navy Captain Igor Dygalo said today that the United States and Britain are helping in efforts to rescue the crew of a disabled Russian submarine lying on the Pacific Ocean floor off the Kamchatka Peninsula.
• Russia: Moscow Says It Will Punish U.S. TV Network Over Basaev Interview RFE/RL 03 Aug 2005 -- Russia's Foreign Ministry has announced it will not renew the accreditation of reporters working for the U.S. ABC television network
• Russia Begins Destroying Poultry Following Outbreak of Bird Flu VOA 02 Aug 2005 -- Russian authorities have begun to slaughter poultry in nearly 20 villages in the Siberian province of Novosibirsk, where a deadly strain of bird-flu virus has just been confirmed. Government health officials say there is no cause for alarm, and that all precautionary measures are being taken
• Russia, China Preparing For Exercises RFE/RL 02 Aug 2005 -- Russia and China will hold their first-ever joint military exercises later this month.
• Russia Arrests Three Terror Suspects RFE/RL 01 Aug 2005 -- Russian Interior Minister Rashid Nurgaliev today said three suspects have been arrested in connection with a car-bomb attack that killed 14 people in the Chechen village of Znamenskoye on 19 July.