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August 2004 Russia Special Weapons News



  • RUSSIA / BLAST VOA 31 Aug 2004 -- suicide bombing in Moscow Tuesday killed at least 10 people and wounded many more. The incident comes amid heightened tension in Russia after two crashes of Russian airliners last week that officials say were acts of terrorism.
  • RUSSIA / BLAST VOA 31 Aug 2004 -- A car bomb exploded in Moscow Tuesday night, killing at least eight people and wounding many more. The incident comes amid heightened tension in Russia after the two crashes of Russian airliners last week that officials say were acts of terrorism.
  • U.S.-CHECHNYA ELECTION VOA 30 Aug 2004 -- The United States says Sunday's elections in Chechnya, won in a landslide by a Kremlin-backed candidate, were seriously flawed and fell short of international standards.
  • CHECHNYA/VOTE VOA 30 Aug 2004 -- The Kremlin-backed candidate for president in Russia's breakaway region of Chechnya has won an election whose outcome was never really in doubt. But many Chechens appear to believe the vote will do little to end the long-running conflict over independence.
  • Probe Into Russian Plane Crashes Centers on 2 Female Passengers VOA 28 Aug 2004 -- In Russia, investigators looking into the cause of two near simultaneous airliner crashes, are focusing their attention on two female passengers, who purchased tickets for each flight at the last minute. Investigators have reported finding traces of explosives at both crash sites.
  • Russia: Officials Believe One Of Two Plane Crashes Was Result Of Terrorism RFE/RL 27 Aug 2004 -- Russian officials say they believe at least one of two plane crashes that killed 89 people this week was the result of a terrorist attack. The comments come as investigators say they have found traces of explosives in the wreckage of one of the planes that crashed within moments of each other late on 24 August. News of that discovery follows a claim of responsibility for both crashes by an Islamist group.
  • RUSSIA/PLANES VOA 27 Aug 2004 -- Investigators in Russia say they've found evidence that explosives were used in the downing of at least one of two airliners which crashed within minutes of each other on Tuesday.
  • FSB: One Of Russian Air Crashes Terror Attack RFE/RL 27 Aug 2004 -- Russia's Federal Security Service (FSB) said today that at least one of the two Russian plane crashes on 24 August that killed a total of 89 people was the result of a terrorist attack.
  • Analysis: Explosives Found In Russian Jet's Wreckage RFE/RL 27 Aug 2004 -- A Federal Security Service (FSB) spokesman announced on 27 August that traces of the explosive hexogen have been found in the wreckage of the Tu-154 passenger jet that crashed on 24 August, RTR and other Russian media reported. The spokesman added that so far no explosives have been found at the site of the crash the same day of a Tu-134 jet, although analyses are ongoing. This is the strongest evidence thus far that terrorism and not "pilot error" or "bad fuel" was responsible for the twin tragedies.
  • RUSSIA / CRASH AFTERMATH VOA 26 Aug 2004 -- Russian investigators continue to look for clues in the two airline crashes that killed 89 people, late Tuesday, with terrorism not ruled out as a possible cause. Meanwhile, Russians are observing a day of mourning for the victims.
  • Two Russian Airliners Crash RFE/RL 25 Aug 2004 -- Russian authorities are tightening security at airports after two Russian airliners crashed at nearly the same time late yesterday.
  • Russia's Intelligence Agency Investigating Plane Crashes RFE/RL 25 Aug 2004 -- Russia's Federal Security Service (FSB) is investigating two separate Russian plane crashes that killed about 90 people.
  • RUSSIA/CRASHES VOA 25 Aug 2004 -- Investigators in Russia are looking into what caused two passenger planes to crash at almost the same time while flying from Moscow to cities in the southern part of the country. Eighty-nine people died in the two overnight air disasters.
  • Russia: Moscow Raises Spending For Defense, Police, Secret Services RFE/RL 24 Aug 2004 -- The Russian cabinet approved yesterday a draft 2005 budget that increases defense spending by 28 percent, while also boosting outlays for law enforcement and intelligence agencies. Is the Kremlin on a war footing?
  • Russian Supreme Court Rejects Academic's Appeal RFE/RL 17 Aug 2004 -- The Russian Supreme Court today rejected an appeal by a former arms-control researcher sentenced for treason in what some say was a politically motivated case.
  • Russia, US to conduct joint naval exercise in Norwegian Sea IRNA 14 Aug 2004 -- Russian Defense Minister Sergei Ivanov said after his talks with US Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld on Saturday that Russia and the United States would conduct a large-scale joint naval exercise in the Norwegian Sea in September.



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