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October 2004 Russia Special Weapons News



  • United States Will Stand With Russia Against Terror Washington File 27 Oct 2004 -- U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Richard Armitage and Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Kislyak went to the Rizhskaya Metro Station in Moscow October 27 to remember the victims of the August 31 terrorist bombing.
  • Russia: Rumors, Theories Still Swirl Around Beslan Tragedy RFE/RL 26 Oct 2004 -- A Russian intraparliamentary commission charged with investigating last month's school hostage massacre in Beslan recently returned from the city. The commission's official report is not due to be made public until the end of its investigation, which may continue for at least another six months. Meanwhile, unsubstantiated theories and rumors continue to swirl around the siege, during which 340 people, nearly half of them children, were killed, according to official figures.
  • Russia: Military Conscripts Caught In Deadly 'Cycle Of Violence' RFE/RL 21 Oct 2004 -- The abuse of conscripts in the Russian military -- known as hazing or "rule of the grandfathers" ("dedovshchina") in Russian -- is a widespread problem that independent monitors say claims several thousand lives each year. The nongovernmental organization Human Rights Watch has issued a new report based on extensive research and interviews with current and former soldiers. It paints a harrowing picture of life in today's Russian armed forces.
  • Russia, Tajikistan Agree On Military Base, Debt RFE/RL 16 Oct 2004 -- Russian President Vladimir Putin, on a visit to Takijistan, today signed a series of bilateral deals, including one establishing a permanent military base in the Central Asian country.
  • Georgia Says Russia Sending Troops To Abkhazia RFE/RL 16 Oct 2004 -- Georgia today accused Russia of smuggling troops into Abkhazia, warning that the move may further destabilize the situation in the separatist Black Sea province.
  • RUSSIA/CHECHEN POLICY VOA 14 Oct 2004 -- For years, Chechnya has been a major problem for Russian -- and before them -- Soviet leaders.
  • Russia Opening Military Base In Tajikistan RFE/RL 14 Oct 2004 -- Russia is opening a new military base in Tajikistan, Russian Defense Minister Sergei Ivanov announced today.
  • Analysis: Russia Treads Fine Line On Iranian Nuclear Issue RFE/RL 13 Oct 2004 -- At a press conference during his recent visit to Tehran, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said that Russia does not support the idea of referring Tehran's nuclear case to the United Nations and will continue nuclear cooperation with Iran.
  • Russia: Mourning Period Ends For Beslan Tragedy Amid Fears Of Interethnic Violence RFE/RL 13 Oct 2004 -- The 40-day mourning period for the victims of the Beslan hostage crisis has ended, and there are fears that interethnic violence could reignite in the region. The hundreds of victims of the school siege -- nearly half of them children -- were mostly North Ossetians. Relatives of the victims blame militants from neighboring Ingushetia for the tragedy. Tensions between Muslim Ingush and Christian Ossetians go back many decades.
  • RUSSIA/CHECHEN LEADERS VOA 13 Oct 2004 -- For the past 10 years, Chechnya has been the scene of violence as Russian forces try to defeat separatist rebels.
  • RUSSIA / BESLAN MOURNING VOA 12 Oct 2004 -- Orthodox Christians in Russia are marking the end of the 40-day mourning period for the more than 300 people, half of them children, killed in the siege of a school in the North Ossetian town of Beslan. There are fears that in the days to come some people could seek to carry out revenge attacks, but the Russian government and religious leaders have called for peace.
  • Iran and Russia say deal on return of spent fuel close IRNA 10 Oct 2004 -- Iran and Russia announced Sunday that a deal for return of spent fuel from Bushehr nuclear power plant in southern Iran to Russia was at the final stage.
  • Russia to continue atomic energy cooperation with Iran - FM IRNA 10 Oct 2004 -- Russia will continue atomic energy cooperation with Iran, Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said in Tehran on Sunday.
  • Russia welcomes progress in Iran-IAEA relations - Lavrov IRNA 10 Oct 2004 -- Russia welcomes progress in relations between Iran and the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said after a Sunday meeting with his Iranian counterpart Kamal Kharrazi.
  • Iran, Russia to sign contract on nuclear fuel IRNA 10 Oct 2004 -- Visiting Russian Minister of Foreign Affairs Sergei Lavrov and his Iranian counterpart Kamal Kharrazi here Sunday announced that the two countries are finalizing the deal on providing Iran with nuclear fuel by Russia and the return of the spent fuel from Bushehr nuclear power plant.



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