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Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD)


February 2005 Russia Special Weapons News



  • EU says Iran-Russia nuclear agreement compatible with European approach IRNA 28 Feb 2005 -- The European Union Monday appeared to support the nuclear agreement signed by Iran and Russia on Sunday.
  • Russia, Iran not to disclose schedule of nuclear fuel deliveries IRNA 28 Feb 2005 -- The chiefs of Russian and Iranian nuclear agencies signed on Sunday a confidential accord on the schedule of Russia`s deliveries to a nuclear power plant that is built in Bushehr.
  • Bushehr nuclear power plant is a peaceful project -Rumyantsev IRNA 28 Feb 2005 -- The Bushehr nuclear power plant, which Russia is building in Iran, will be used for nothing but peaceful purposes and in strict accordance with the IAEA Charter, Rosatom Head Alexander Rumyantsev stated here on Monday.
  • Iran unlikely to create full nuclear fuel cycle-Rosatom head IRNA 28 Feb 2005 -- Head of Russia`s Atomic Energy Agency Alexander Rumyantsev believes Iran is unlikely to "create a full nuclear fuel cycle comprising the recovery of uranium, its enrichment, production of fuel, its placement in the reactor and then its evacuation, processing and disposal, as it is economically efficient only on the condition that capacities of no less than 8,000-10,000-megawatts are used."
  • Lavrov describes RF-Iran nuke cooperation as transparent IRNA 28 Feb 2005 -- Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov has described Russian-Iranian nuclear cooperation as transparent.
  • ROSATOM CALLS INVESTORS TO FINANCE FLOATING NUCLEAR PLANTS RIA Novosti 28 Feb 2005 -- The Rosatom, or Federal Nuclear Energy Agency, is vitally interested in capital investment in floating nuclear plant construction, says Alexander Rumyantsev, agency chief.
  • LAVROV: IRAN'S NUCLEAR PROGRAM IS PEACEFUL RIA Novosti 28 Feb 2005 -- The Iranian nuclear program is absolutely peaceful, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said following the talks with the EU trio in Luxembourg on Monday.
  • PUTIN PRAISES SUCCESSFUL OPERATIONS IN NORTHERN CAUCASUS RIA Novosti 28 Feb 2005 -- President Vladimir Putin praised, on Monday, Federal Security Service (FSB) officers for a series of successful operations in the Northern Caucasus.
  • FULL NUCLEAR CYCLE UNLIKELY TO BE FORMED IN IRAN RIA Novosti 28 Feb 2005 -- A full nuclear cycle is rather unlikely to be formed in Iran. This opinion was uttered this Monday at a RIA Novosti press-conference by Alexander Rumyantsev, chief of the Federal Nuclear Energy Agency (Rosatom).
  • RUSSIA'S NUCLEAR OBJECTS PROTECTED FROM ALL THREATS RIA Novosti 28 Feb 2005 -- Defenders of Russia's nuclear objects can rebuff all threats, head of the Russian federal atomic energy agency Alexander Rumyantsev said at a RIA Novosti press conference on Monday.
  • US HAS NO CLAIMS AGAINST RUSSIA OVER IRAN RIA Novosti 28 Feb 2005 -- Vladimir Putin and George Bush only mentioned Iran in passing at their summit in Bratislava. The presidents evidently addressed all the necessary statements to each other prior to the summit.
  • BUSHEHR NUCLEAR POWER PLANT NOT GUARDED BY RUSSIAN SERVICEMEN RIA Novosti 28 Feb 2005 -- The head of the Russian Federal Atomic Energy Agency, Alexander Rumyantsev, has refuted the reports by some mass media that Russian servicemen guard the nuclear power plant in Bushehr.
  • LAVROV TO PROPOSE MEASURES TO COMBAT DRUG THREAT FROM AFGHANISTAN RIA Novosti 28 Feb 2005 -- At the meeting with the leading trio of the European Union in Luxembourg, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov will propose measures to combat the drug threat from Afghanistan.
  • FUEL WILL BE SUPPLIED TO BUSHEHR NUCLEAR POWER PLANT STRICTLY IN ACCORDANCE WITH REGULATIONS RIA Novosti 28 Feb 2005 -- Nuclear fuel will be supplied to the Bushehr nuclear power plant in strict accordance with the technological regulations, head of Russia's Federal Atomic Energy Agency Alexander Rumyantsev stated at the press conference in RIA Novosti on Monday.
  • US INSPECTIONS OF RUSSIA'S NUCLEAR FACILITIES TO START BEFORE DECEMBER RIA Novosti 28 Feb 2005 -- At the end of last week the official website of the Russian president (www.kremlin.ru) posted the text of a joint Russian-American statement on cooperation in nuclear security, which was signed on Thursday in Bratislava by Vladimir Putin and George W. Bush.
  • GEORGIAN PARLIAMENTARIANS READY TO BLOCKADE RUSSIAN BASES RIA Novosti 28 Feb 2005 -- The Russian military bases in Georgia may be outlawed, speaker of the Georgian parliament Nino Burdzhanadze said on Saturday.
  • SECURITY ROAD MAP CAN BE ALIGNED BY RUSSIA-EU SUMMIT RIA Novosti 28 Feb 2005 -- The Russian Foreign Ministry believes there is a real possibility of aligning the Russia-EU security Road Map by the time the two sides will come together at the next summit, Official Spokesman for the Ministry Alexander Yakovenko told RIA Novosti.
  • KOKOSHIN: US NOT TO CONTROL RUSSIA'S NUCLEAR OBJECTS RIA Novosti 28 Feb 2005 -- The joint Russian-US statement on cooperation in the sphere of nuclear security does not imply US control over Russian nuclear objects, said State Duma deputy, former secretary of the Russian Security Council Andrei Kokoshin.
  • RUMYANTSEV KNOWS WHERE OTHER NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS CAN BE BUILT IN IRAN RIA Novosti 28 Feb 2005 -- Alexander Rumyantsev, the head of the Russian Federal Atomic Energy Agency, named the sites where more energy units for the nuclear power plant can be built in Iran.
  • IAEA TO MONITOR SPENT NUCLEAR FUEL TRANSPORTATION BACK TO RUSSIA RIA Novosti 28 Feb 2005 -- Russia will transport spent nuclear fuel from Iran in compliance with strict international rules and under the control of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), Alexander Rumyantsev, the head of Russia's Federal Atomic Energy Agency, told a press conference at RIA Novosti.
  • IRANIAN NUCLEAR POWER PLANT TO BE COMMISSIONED WITH RUSSIAN FUEL RIA Novosti 28 Feb 2005 -- On February 27, Alexander Rumyantsev, the director of Russia's Federal Nuclear Energy Agency, and Iran's Vice-President Gholamreza Agazade, who also heads that country's Atomic Energy Organization, signed an agreement stipulating Russian nuclear-fuel deliveries to the nuclear power plant in Bushehr.
  • RUSSIA EU-IRAN VOA 28 Feb 2005 -- The European Union says Iran must honor its commitments under the United Nations nuclear accords. The E.U. is also downplaying a nuclear deal just signed by Russia and Iran.
  • Russia continues nuclear cooperation with Iran, despite wide criticism IRNA 27 Feb 2005 -- Russian Federal Atomic Energy Agency Chief Alexander Rumyantsev said here Sunday that despite wide criticism against Iran-Russia nuclear cooperation, Moscow intends to continue its collaboration with Tehran based on international laws.
  • Iran agrees to return Bushehr plant spent fuel to Russia IRNA 27 Feb 2005 -- Tehran and Moscow here Sunday signed an agreement, which obliges Iran to return spent fuel of the Bushehr Power Plant to Russia.
  • Iran, Russia sign nuclear fuel agreement opposed by US IRNA 27 Feb 2005 -- Iran and Russia on Sunday signed an agreement for Moscow to supply fuel to Iran`s new nuclear reactor despite US objections to the deal.
  • Russia, Iran sign document on return of worked-out N-fuel IRNA 27 Feb 2005 -- Russia and Iran, following a decade since the start of construction of the nuclear power station in Bushehr, adopted a document on a return of worked-out fuel to Russia.
  • Russia, Iran agree on nuclear fuel deliveries, discuss new plants IRNA 27 Feb 2005 -- Russia and Iran agreed on nuclear fuel deliveries and discuss a possibility of building new nuclear power plants in this country by Russian specialists.
  • Bushehr nuclear power station symbol of Russo-Iranian cooperation IRNA 27 Feb 2005 -- Ali Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, the former Iranian president and the chairman of the Expediency Council, told Alexander Rumyantsev, the head of the Russian Federal Agency for Nuclear Energy, at a meeting late on Saturday that the Bushehr nuclear power station should symbolize Russian-Iranian cooperation.
  • Russia-Iran atomic cooperation legal - Rumyantsev IRNA 27 Feb 2005 -- Atomic energy cooperation between Russia and Iran keeps to international norms, head of the Russian Federal Atomic Energy Agency Alexander Rumyantsev said on Sunday.
  • Russia, Iran continue atomic energy project talks - official IRNA 27 Feb 2005 -- Russia is a priority partner in Iran`s atomic energy program, Iranian Vice President and head of the Atomic Energy Organization Gholamreza Aqazadeh said on Sunday.
  • IRAN/RUSSIA/NUCLEAR VOA 27 Feb 2005 -- Iran and Russia have signed an agreement for Russia to provide nuclear fuel to Iran, and for Tehran to return the spent fuel to Russia. The United States, which suspects Iran of seeking to develop nuclear weapons, opposed the deal.
  • Iran, Russia Sign Nuclear Accord RFE/RL 27 Feb 2005 -- Iran and Russia signed a nuclear fuel agreement today, paving the way for Iran to get its first reactor up and running.
  • Iran, Russia to sign contract on return of spent fuel IRNA 26 Feb 2005 -- Iran and Russia are scheduled to sign a contract for the return of spent nuclear fuel to Moscow, in the southern city of Bushehr on Sunday, said an official here Saturday.
  • Minister: Iran expects Russia to defend country`s right to produce nuclear energy IRNA 26 Feb 2005 -- Minister of Economic Affairs and Finance Safdar Hosseini in a meeting with the Head of Russian Federal Atomic Energy Agency Alexander Rumyantsev here on Saturday said that Iran expects Russia to defend Iran`s legitimate right to produce its required atomic energy domestically.
  • Russia, Iran Delay Nuclear Fuel Deal RFE/RL 26 Feb 2005 -- Russia and Iran today delayed the expected signing of a deal to supply the Islamic republic with fuel for its first nuclear reactor on condition the spent fuel is returned.
  • ONLY 26% OF RUSSIANS SEE IMPROVEMENTS IN CHECHNYA RIA Novosti 25 Feb 2005 -- About 49% of Russians believe that the situation in Chechnya has not been changing recently while 26% believe it is changing for the better and 8% think it is growing worse.
  • HOW SAFE ARE RUSSIAN BORDERS? RIA Novosti 25 Feb 2005 -- The Federal Frontier Service was terminated a year ago, with its functions transferred to the FSB. RIA asked Colonel General Vladimir Pronichev, first deputy director of the FSB responsible for the border guards, about the reason for this.
  • ROSATOM HEAD TO DISCUSS NUCLEAR COOPERATION IN IRAN RIA Novosti 25 Feb 2005 -- On February 25 Alexander Rumyantsev, the director of the Federal Agency for Nuclear Power (Rosatom), will leave on a two-day working visit to Iran.
  • RUSSIAN AIRBASE IN KYRGYZSTAN IN A DEPLORABLE STATE RIA Novosti 25 Feb 2005 -- Personnel at Russia's Kant airbase, which is outside Bishkek, sent the Russian leadership a letter stating that they received their wages without due allowances and had no set period of service, writes Russky Kuryer.
  • NEW GUNBOAT LAID DOWN IN ST. PETERSBURG RIA Novosti 25 Feb 2005 -- The first Project 21630 gunboat for the Russian Navy will be laid down at the Almaz shipyard in St. Petersburg on Friday.
  • HEAD OF CHECHEN STATE COUNCIL TO SEEK CLOSING OF SEPARATIST WEB SITES RIA Novosti 25 Feb 2005 -- Chairman of the Chechen State Council Taus Dzhabrailov will seek closing of separatist web sites.
  • IRAN MUST NOT POSSESS NUCLEAR WEAPONS RIA Novosti 25 Feb 2005 -- Both Russia and the United States proceed from the premise that Iran must not possess nuclear weapons, while discussing that country's nuclear programs.
  • Russian Official Heads To Iran For Nuke Fuel Deal RFE/RL 25 Feb 2005 -- Aleksandr Rumyantsev, the head of Russia's federal nuclear energy agency, is expected to leave for Tehran today to sign an agreement with Iran on the return to Russia of spent nuclear fuel from the Bushehr atomic power plant, which Russia is building in Iran.
  • U.S., Russia Agree on Man-Portable Air Defense Systems Washington File 24 Feb 2005 -- Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and Russian Defense Minister Sergey Ivanov signed an agreement February 24 that provides a bilateral framework for cooperation in the control of shoulder-fired anti-aircraft missiles that could threaten global aviation if obtained by criminals, terrorists and other non-state actors.
  • RUSSIA, US SIGN AGREEMENT ON MANPADS RIA Novosti 24 Feb 2005 -- An agreement on stricter control over man-portable air defense systems (MANPADS) has been signed at the Russian-US summit in Bratislava by Russian Defense Minister Sergei Ivanov and US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice.
  • RUSSIA, US TO PREVENT TERRORISTS FROM POSSESSING MANPADS RIA Novosti 24 Feb 2005 -- Russia and the United States will closely cooperate to prevent terrorists from possessing man-portable air defense systems (MANPADS), said official spokesman for the Russian Foreign Ministry Alexander Yakovenko.
  • ROSOBORONEXPORT TO MONOPOLIZE ARMS TRADE RIA Novosti 24 Feb 2005 -- It seems that the Tula-based Instrument Engineering Bureau, the only producer of high precision weapons in Russia, has unveiled its products at the Abu Dhabi arms fair for the last time, writes Russky Kuryer.
  • BUSH/PUTIN VOA 24 Feb 2005 -- The fate of Russian democracy dominated talks in Slovakia between President Bush and Russian President Vladimir Putin. Mr. Bush raised concerns about recent actions taken by the Russian government.
  • Joint Statement by President Bush and President Putin on Nuclear Security Cooperation The White House 24 Feb 2005
  • PRESIDENTS PUTIN AND BUSH WILL DISCUSS ANTITERRORISM ISSUES IN BRATISLAVA RIA Novosti 23 Feb 2005 -- Antiterrorism and the nonproliferation of weapons of mass destruction, including nuclear weapons, will be central at the Bratislava meeting between Vladimir Putin and George Bush on February 24.
  • ADMIRAL KUZNETSOV AIR CARRIER WILL EMBARK ON LONG-HAUL JOURNEY RIA Novosti 23 Feb 2005 -- The heavy air carrier Admiral Kuznetsov of Russia's Northern Fleet will embark on a voyage around the oceans in summer 2005, Rear Admiral Vladimir Dobroskochenko, the Deputy Commander of the Northern Fleet, told RIA Novosti.
  • RUSSIA, U.S. WILL SIGN AGREEMENT ON STRICTER CONTROL OVER PORTABLE AIR DEFENSE SYSTEMS RIA Novosti 23 Feb 2005 -- Sergei Prikhodko, the Russian president's aide, has said an agreement on stricter control over portable air defense systems will be signed at the Russian-American summit meeting in Bratislava.
  • POLITICAL DECISION TAKEN TO SET UP AIRCRAFT HOLDING COMPANY RIA Novosti 22 Feb 2005 -- Rusisan President Vladimir Putin tasked the government with drafting a decree spelling out a plan for establishing a united aircraft-building company.
  • MILITARY AIRCRAFT MAKERS TO HELP COMMERCIAL COLLEAGUES TO SQUARE AWAY RIA Novosti 22 Feb 2005 -- Russian President Vladimir Putin suggests the advances made by military aircraft manufacturers should be used to the benefit of the whole aircraft industry.
  • UNITED NATIONAL AIRCRAFT MAKER POSSIBLE IN RUSSIA RIA Novosti 22 Feb 2005 -- Russian Industry and Energy Minister Viktor Khristenko suggested a national united aircraft manufacturer be established to unite all Rusisan aircraft makers.
  • PUTIN: AIRCRAFT-BUILDING BUSINESS MUST BE COMMERCIALLY PROFITABLE RIA Novosti 22 Feb 2005 -- The Russian aircraft-building industry must be prepared to successfully compete with other aviation powers.
  • BLACKSEAFOR GETTING READY FOR JOINT EXERCISES RIA Novosti 22 Feb 2005 -- Navy representatives of the BLACKSEAFOR member states met for a conference in Tbilisi today. They are discussing the issue of joint exercises to take place on April 4-27 this year, Georgia News agency learned in the Georgian Defense Ministry press center.
  • RUSSIA RESUMES MILITARY EXERCISES OVERSEAS RIA Novosti 22 Feb 2005 -- The Russian Defense Ministry recently announced new combat training plans for the armed forces in 2005.
  • SERGEI IVANOV ON RUSSIA-NATO RELATIONS RIA Novosti 22 Feb 2005 -- A unique historical situation has now shaped up in Russia. In essence, the Russian army is not fighting anywhere at this stage. We must use this time for overhauling our Armed Forces and for reducing their numerical strength. Russia needs a 1,000,000-strong army.
  • FEDERAL TROOPS PREVENTED MAJOR TERRORIST ACTS IN CHECHNYA RIA Novosti 22 Feb 2005 -- Federal troops and law enforcement bodies have prevented several major terrorist acts against civilians in Chechnya, reports the press center of the Regional Operational Headquarters for the Counter-terrorist Operation in the North Caucasus.
  • FOREIGN MERCENARIES INVOLVED IN ATTACK ON FEDERAL TROOPS IN GROZNY RIA Novosti 22 Feb 2005 -- Several Arab mercenaries were part of the bandit group that attacked federal soldiers in the Oktyabrsky district of Grozny, a spokesman of the Regional Operative Headquarters for controlling the Counter-Terrorist Operation in the North Caucasus (ROH) told RIA Novosti.
  • Analysis: Iranian Proliferation Central To Bush-Putin Summit RFE/RL 21 Feb 2005 -- The proliferation danger posed by Iran is likely to be a major topic of discussion when President George W. Bush meets with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Bratislava later this week.
  • RUSSIAN BASES' DESTINY NEEDS DECIDING RIA Novosti 21 Feb 2005 -- Russia's Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov hopes that the issues connected with Russian military bases in Georgia will be decided before the CIS summit in May.
  • MOST RUSSIANS CONSIDER FEBRUARY 23 BIG HOLIDAY RIA Novosti 21 Feb 2005 -- 73% of Russians highly appreciate the Day of the Fatherland's Defenders, celebrated on February 23, although it was born by the Soviet era. Less than one third (24%) believe that it has lost its significance, shows a survey of the All-Russian Center for Public Opinion Studies.
  • RUSSIAN MILITARY HOSPITAL STAYS ON SUMATRA RIA Novosti 21 Feb 2005 -- Three Il-76MD military transport planes have brought the medical personnel of the 183rd special task medical unit of Russia's Volga-Urals military district, i.e. field hospital personnel, from Banda Aceh in Indonesia to their home city of Yekaterinburg.
  • Russian Troops Storm Suspected Militants' Hideout RFE/RL 20 Feb 2005 -- Russian Special Forces launched an assault today on an apartment building in southern Russia, reportedly killing several suspected Islamic militants who had barricaded themselves inside.
  • RUSSIA / IRAN VOA 18 Feb 2005 -- Russian President Vladimir Putin said Friday he is convinced Iran is not seeking to develop nuclear weapons. His statement comes less than a week before his meeting with President Bush in Slovakia, where the subject of Iran's nuclear ambitions will likely be discussed.
  • Putin expresses confidence in Iran`s peaceful nuclear program IRNA 18 Feb 2005 -- Russian President Vladimir Putin here Friday expressed his confidence in Iran`s peaceful nuclear program, stressing Moscow will firmly continue its cooperation with Iran in technical and military fields.
  • Russia stresses diplomatic ways to settle Iran`s nuclear issue IRNA 18 Feb 2005 -- Russia`s Defense Minister Sergei Ivanov here Friday stressed the importance of adopting peaceful strategies to settle Iran`s nuclear issue and avoiding non-diplomatic ways.
  • PUTIN CALLS CIS FOR CLOSER MILITARY-INDUSTRIAL PARTNERSHIP RIA Novosti 18 Feb 2005 -- Russia's President Vladimir Putin highlights urgent necessity for closer military technological partnership within the Commonwealth of Independent States, or CIS.
  • TWO-THIRDS OF RUSSIANS DISSATISFIED WITH STATE'S ATTENTION TO ARMY RIA Novosti 18 Feb 2005 -- About two-thirds of Russians are convinced that today the state is not paying due attention to the problems of the Russian army (65%) and that its financing is insufficient (61%).
  • ABM AS A USELESS ENGINEERING EXERCISE RIA Novosti 18 Feb 2005 -- Lieutenant General Henry Obering, director of the US Missile Defense Agency, will hardly get acclaim from his president, as a planned launch of an antimissile failed. But Russia's Defense Minister Sergei Ivanov was congratulated by President Vladimir Putin in November last year, when he reported on the successful trials of the Russian analogue of the US NMD system.
  • RUSSIA IS CONVINCED IRAN HAS NO NUCLEAR AMBITIONS RIA Novosti 18 Feb 2005 -- Iran's recent actions have persuaded Russia that this country does not plan to produce nuclear weapons, Russian President Vladimir Putin said at the meeting with Secretary of the Iranian Supreme National Security Council Hasan Rowhani in the Kremlin.
  • NAVY STARTS BUILDING BASE NEAR NOVOROSSIISK RIA Novosti 18 Feb 2005 -- Nezavisimaya Gazeta writes that Commander-in-Chief of the Russian Navy, Admiral of the Fleet Vladimir Kuroyedov has announced two new Black Sea Fleet bases will be built in the Novorossiisk area on the Black Sea coast of the North Caucasus by 2017.
  • LAVROV TO DISCUSS BORDER SECURITY WITH GEORGIA RIA Novosti 18 Feb 2005 -- Border security between Russia and Georgia will feature importantly at talks to be held in Tbilisi by Russia's Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov on February 18, the Foreign Ministry's press and information department said.
  • TERRORIST ATTACKS GOING ON IN CHECHNYA RIA Novosti 18 Feb 2005 -- Terrorist attacks continue in Chechnya, in spite of the cease-fire statement militants made, Chechen President Alu Alkhanov said at a press conference, arranged by the Foreign Correspondents' Association in Moscow.
  • INDONESIA TO GET MOBILE ARMY HOSPITAL FROM RUSSIA RIA Novosti 18 Feb 2005 -- A Russian mobile army hospital will be presented to Indonesia in Banda-Aceh, the capital of the country's Aceh province (that suffered most of all as a result of the December 26, 2004 tsunami).
  • RUSSIA / ARMY TV VOA 18 Feb 2005 -- Russian television viewers will soon have another choice on their TV dial: a channel set up by the defense ministry. Backers of the new station say it will offer a more positive view of Russia.
  • Putin Confident Iran Is Not Pursuing Nuclear Weapons RFE/RL 18 Feb 2005 -- Russian President Vladimir Putin said today that he is convinced Iran is not seeking to develop nuclear weapons.
  • STRELETS IS NOT A TERRORIST WEAPON RIA Novosti 17 Feb 2005 -- Moscow and Tel Aviv are at loggerheads over the planned Russian deliveries of short-range air defense systems to Syria.
  • RUSSIA MAY REFUSE TO SELL STRELETS TO SYRIA RIA Novosti 17 Feb 2005 -- The Russian Defense Ministry is reconsidering selling a Strelets vehicle-mounted launcher for Igla-type air defense missiles to Syria, the ministry's information department announced Wednesday.
  • Russia: Army Testing New Equipment In Chechnya' RFE/RL 17 Feb 2005 -- Russia's Defense Ministry has admitted the army is testing new military equipment and weaponry in Chechnya, where federal forces have been battling separatist militants for more than five years. Deputy Defense Minister Aleksandr Belousov says some of the weapons that have been tested will enter mass production this year. Russian military analysts say the admission comes as little surprise.
  • RUMYANTSEV ON NUCLEAR COOPERATION WITH CHINA, IRAN RIA Novosti 17 Feb 2005 -- Russia is waiting for China's permission to launch the nuclear power plant in Tianwan, head of the Russian Federal Atomic Energy Agency Alexander Rumyantsev told journalists on Thursday.
  • RUSSIA READY TO COOPERATE WITH UKRAINE IN NUCLEAR FUEL PRODUCTION RIA Novosti 17 Feb 2005 -- Russia is ready to cooperate with Ukraine in the production of fuel for nuclear power stations, Rosatom (Federal Atomic Energy Agency) public relations chief Nikolai Shingarev told RIA Novosti. He was commenting on the statement of Ukrainian Fuel and Energy Minister Ivan Plachkov.
  • RUSSIAN PARATROOPERS TO RECEIVE NEW COMBAT VEHICLES AND PARACHUTES RIA Novosti 17 Feb 2005 -- In 2005, units of the Russian Airborne Troops will be equipped with a new BMD-4 airborne combat vehicle, which does not have analogues in the world, announced Commander of Airborne Troops Alexander Kolmakov at a press conference in Moscow.
  • RUSSIAN PARATROOPERS TO PARTICIPATE IN JOINT MANEUVERS WITH UZBEKISTAN, CHINA AND INDIA RIA Novosti 17 Feb 2005 -- Russia's Airborne Troops will participate in at least three military exercises in 2005.
  • JOINT CIS AIR-DEFENSE SYSTEM GOING STRONG RIA Novosti 17 Feb 2005 -- The joint air-defense system is perhaps the only CIS military organization that has not experienced any serious problems or contradictions since it was established in 1995.
  • ALL AIRBORNE TROOPS UNITS EXCEPT SPECIAL FORCES WITHDRAWN FROM CHECHNYA RIA Novosti 17 Feb 2005 -- "All Airborne Troops units, except special units, have been withdrawn from Chechnya," Commander of the Airborne Troops Alexander Kolmakov said at a news conference in Moscow.
  • CONTROL OVER MAN-PORTABLE AIR-DEFENSE SYSTEMS IS RELIABLE RIA Novosti 17 Feb 2005 -- The Airborne Troops' control over man-portable air-defense systems (MANPADS) which paratroopers use in their exercises is at the high level, Airborne Troops Commander Alexander Kolmakov said at a press conference in Moscow.
  • RUSSIA ADVOCATES CASPIAN RAPID REACTION FORCE RIA Novosti 17 Feb 2005 -- Russia wants to establish a naval interaction taskforce on the Caspian Sea on the lines of BlackSeaFor operating on the Black Sea.
  • SERGEI LAVROV ON SOLUTION OF IRANIAN NUCLEAR PROBLEM RIA Novosti 17 Feb 2005 -- The development of political process is the only way to solve the Iranian nuclear problem, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said at a press conference in Yerevan.
  • PROTOCOL ON NUCLEAR WASTE RETURN FROM IRAN TO RUSSIA TO BE SIGNED ON FEBRUARY 26 RIA Novosti 17 Feb 2005 -- Russia and Iran will sign a protocol on the return of nuclear waste to Russia on February 26.
  • RUSSIA, SYRIA DISCUSS SALES OF STRELETS AIR DEFENSE SYSTEMS RIA Novosti 16 Feb 2005 -- Russia and Syria are discussing sales of Strelets short-range air defense systems whose deliveries are not subject to any international restrictions, runs the statement of the information and PR department of the Russian Defense Ministry.
  • RUSSIA, CHINA PLAN JOINT MILITARY EXERCISES RIA Novosti 16 Feb 2005 -- Russia and China will complete in two months the preparation for the first-ever bilateral military exercises, the head of the Main Department for international cooperation of the Russian Defense Ministry, Colonel-General Anatoly Mazurkevich said Wednesday.
  • RUSSIA CONCERNED OVER WMD SPREAD POSSIBILITY RIA Novosti 15 Feb 2005 -- Russia is concerned over the possibility of spreading weapons of mass destruction at the expense of the threshold states and terrorists gaining access.
  • AIR DEFENSE SYSTEM FIELDED WITH AIR FORCE RIA Novosti 15 Feb 2005 -- "Several S-400 Triumph surface-to-air missile (SAM) systems have entered service in the Russian Air Force, with the service continuing to accept delivery of these weapons," Russian Air Force Commander-in-Chief General of the Army Vladimir Mikhailov told the media.
  • Russia: Moscow Insists It Is 'Close' To Possessing Unique Nuclear Weapons RFE/RL 14 Feb 2005 -- Russian Defense Minister Sergei Ivanov announced yesterday that Moscow will soon have a unique new generation of nuclear weapons "not possessed by any country in the world." The minister did not give any technical details. Russian President Vladimir Putin first spoke of the new generation of nuclear weaponry in November but also provided no details.
  • MOSCOW, BUDAPEST TO SIGN AGREEMENT ON ARMS PRODUCTION IN HUNGARY RIA Novosti 14 Feb 2005 -- Moscow and Budapest plan to sign an agreement on arms production in Hungary according to the former Soviet Union's licenses, Russian foreign ministry spokesman Alexander Yakovenko said on the eve of Hungarian Prime Minister Ferenc Gyurcsany's visit to Moscow.
  • RUSSIA, GEORGIA FAIL TO REACH AGREEMENT ON MILITARY BASES RIA Novosti 14 Feb 2005 -- Russia and Georgia have failed to reach practical agreements on the framework treaty and military bases yet, the information and press department of the Russian Foreign Ministry told RIA Novosti.
  • RUSSIA, CHINA COORDINATE PLAN OF FIRST BILATERAL MILITARY EXERCISES RIA Novosti 14 Feb 2005 -- Russia and China have coordinated the plan of first-ever bilateral military exercises, Colonel-General Anatoly Mazurkevich, head of the main department of international cooperation, said on Monday.
  • RUSSIAN MILITARY UNIFORMS RETURN TO THE PAST RIA Novosti 14 Feb 2005 -- The Russian military uniform will be restored to Soviet models. This year, eagles will be removed from the caps and stripes with the Russian tricolor and the words Armed Forces from the sleeves. The Russian greatcoat designed in 1802 and the Russian leather high boots with foot binding will not be changed.
  • VENEZUELA TO GET RUSSIAN-MADE WEAPONS RIA Novosti 14 Feb 2005 -- The United States is outraged in connection with Russian plans to sell its weapons to Venezuela.
  • RUSSIAN, US MILITARY COOPERATE RIA Novosti 14 Feb 2005 -- The Russian Defense Minister and the US Secretary of Defense have reached an agreement on starting joint work on non-traditional explosive devises used by terrorists, Russian Defense Minister Sergei Ivanov said at a conference President Vladimir Putin held with Cabinet members.
  • Russia: Foreign Minister Sees Worldwide Campaign To Restore Cold War Climate RFE/RL 11 Feb 2005 -- Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov has denounced what he says are attempts to return his country to the Cold War era by criticizing its policies and exaggerating differences between Moscow and the West.
  • SUPPLIES OF RUSSIAN WEAPONS TO VENEZUELA DO NOT VIOLATE INTERNATIONAL STANDARDS RIA Novosti 11 Feb 2005 -- The supplies of Russian weapons to Venezuela do not violate international standards and are a bilateral Russian-Venezuelan issue, said Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov.
  • NORTH KOREA'S STATEMENT ABOUT POSSESSION OF NUCLEAR WEAPONS IS EXTREMELY DANGEROUS RIA Novosti 11 Feb 2005 -- Russian senator Mikhail Margelov calls North Korea's official statement that it possesses nuclear weapons "extremely dangerous."
  • TIMEFRAME FOR RUSSIA'S WITHDRAWAL FROM GEORGIA NOT SET RIA Novosti 11 Feb 2005 -- The Russian Foreign Ministry's Ambassador at Large Igor Savolsky has not specified the timeframe for the pullout of Russian military bases from Georgia.
  • RUSSIAN AIR FORCE COMMANDER TO TEST NEW YAK 130 RIA Novosti 11 Feb 2005 -- Head of the Russian Air Force press service Alexander Drobyshevsky announced Friday that the Russian Air Force Commander would personally test pilot the Yak 130 new combat trainer.
  • COULD RUSSIA END UP WITHOUT AMMUNITION? RIA Novosti 11 Feb 2005 -- The world's largest arms fair, IDEX-2005, is to open on February 2 in the United Arab Emirates. The Russian exposition will, as usual, be interesting, but the munitions industry will not be the leader it once was, Rossiiskaya Gazeta informs its readers.
  • KIEV RAISES MOSCOW AIR DEFENSE TARIFFS RIA Novosti 11 Feb 2005 -- Yesterday, Moscow hosted a session of the CIS coordinating committee for air-defense issues, where Ukraine demanded that Russia pay more for information received by its early-warning stations, writes Kommersant.
  • RUSSIA AND GEORGIA TO TALK MILITARY ISSUES IN GEORGIAN FOREIGN MINISTRY RIA Novosti 11 Feb 2005 -- Russia and Georgia will hold negotiations Friday on military issues in the Georgian Foreign Ministry, with Georgian Deputy Defense Minister Merab Antadze heading the Georgian delegation, and the Russian Foreign Ministry's Ambassador at Large Igor Savolsky spearheading the Russian team.
  • FOREIGN MERCENARIES PLAN TO CROSS RUSSIAN BORDER RIA Novosti 11 Feb 2005 -- Russian special services obtained information indicating that several dozens of foreign mercenaries were preparing to cross the Russian border, announced on Friday officials from the Regional Operative Headquarters on the counter terrorist operation in the North Caucasus (ROH).
  • ISRAEL'S PROPOSAL TO MODERNIZE SOVIET-MADE WEAPONS IN BULGARIA IS ILLEGAL RIA Novosti 11 Feb 2005 -- "All deals of this kind are illegal. I would call it counterfeiting because it (Israeli modernization) is conducted without a license," announced yesterday Russian Defense Minister Sergei Ivanov at a press conference on the results of the Russia-NATO Council in Nice.
  • RUSSIA READY TO SEND PEACEKEEPERS TO SUDAN RIA Novosti 11 Feb 2005 -- Russia is ready to make its contribution to the UN peacekeeping operation aimed at normalizing the situation in Sudan.
  • Russia Doubling Size Of Kyrgyz Air Base RFE/RL 11 Feb 2005 -- The head of the Russian Air Force says Russia will send more military equipment and weaponry to a base it uses in Kyrgyzstan.
  • STRATEGIC AVIATION PARTICIPATES IN AIR DEFENSE MANEUVERS FOR THE FIRST TIME RIA Novosti 10 Feb 2005 -- In 2005, aircraft from the Russian Strategic Aviation fleet will participate for the first time in joint CIS air defense maneuvers, Deputy Commander-in-Chief of the Russian Air Force on the issues of the Joint CIS Air Defense System Lieutenant General Aitech Bizhev announced at a Moscow press conference.
  • FOUR CIS COUNTRIES ORGANIZE JOINT AIR DEFENSE SYSTEM RIA Novosti 10 Feb 2005 -- Russia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan are organizing a joint air defense system, Lieutenant General Aitech Bizhev, deputy commander-in-chief of the Russian Air Force for the CIS joint air defense system, said in Moscow Thursday.
  • LAVROV: RUSSIA DOES NOT NEED NEW COLD WAR RIA Novosti 10 Feb 2005 -- There are no irremediable reasons for a confrontation between Russia and the West, or between the CIS countries.
  • GOVERNMENT TO DISCUSS NATO AGREEMENT PROPOSALS RIA Novosti 10 Feb 2005 -- Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov is to submit proposals on accession to the agreement between NATO and other countries participating in the Partnership for Peace program to the Russian government.
  • COUNCIL OF EUROPE WILL NOT BE A MEDIATOR IN CHECHEN CONFLICT RIA Novosti 10 Feb 2005 -- The Council of Europe does not intend to act as a mediator in the Chechen conflict.
  • ALVARO GIL-ROBLES TO ATTEND SEMINAR ON HUMAN RIGHTS IN CHECHNYA RIA Novosti 10 Feb 2005 -- Mr. Alvaro Gil-Robles, Commissioner for Human Rights of the Council of Europe, will attend today an advanced seminar for the staff of the human rights commissioner in Chechnya, held at the training Center for the Leading Staff in Pushkin outside St. Petersburg.
  • RUSSIA READY TO TRAIN IRAQI SERVICEMEN RIA Novosti 10 Feb 2005 -- Russia is ready to help Iraq in training servicemen if the process takes place on Russian territory and would be financed by the Iraqi side, a high-ranking source in the Russian Defense Ministry told RIA Novosti.
  • RUSSIA LIMITS PORTABLE SAM EXPORTS RIA Novosti 09 Feb 2005 -- Russia is limiting exports of man-carried anti-aircraft missile launchers, and establishes harsh monitoring of purchaser areas, with the most stringent arrangements for conflict zones, Sergei Chemezov said to a news conference in Moscow. He is Director General of the Rosoboronexport, Russia's sole government mediator of arms deals.
  • Analysis: 'The Burden Of Maintaining The State Has Been Laid On Our Shoulders' RFE/RL 09 Feb 2005 -- A growing number of Russia watchers seem to be coming to the conclusion that the political machine of President Vladimir Putin is entering a profound, systemic crisis that has been provoked by a string of political failures both at home and abroad.
  • RUSSIA HAS BIGGEST EXHIBITION AT AIR SHOW RIA Novosti 09 Feb 2005 -- The largest world producers of aviation and space vehicles from more than 30 countries are taking part in the fifth International Airspace Exhibition, Aero India-2005, in Bangalore.
  • RUSSIA TAKES PART IN AERO INDIA-2005 EXHIBITION RIA Novosti 09 Feb 2005 -- The Russian Defense Industry will display nearly 700 samples of military, multipurpose and civil aircraft at the fifth International Airspace Exhibition, Aero India-2005, which opens on Wednesday in Bangalore.
  • SUKHOI WILL OFFER FIGHTER AT EXPOSITION RIA Novosti 09 Feb 2005 -- Sukhoi aircraft maker is featuring its Su-30MKI fighter and new SaM146 engine for regional RRJ airliners at Aero India 2005 in Bangalore, where the corporation is part of Russia's exposition.
  • RUSSIAN PEACEKEEPERS COULD BE USED OUTSIDE CIS RIA Novosti 09 Feb 2005 -- Russia's Defense Minister Sergei Ivanov is not ruling out the possibility of using the Russian peacekeeping brigade outside the CIS.
  • ROSOBORONEXPORT MADE DELIVERIES OF MILITARY EQUIPMENT TO 59 COUNTRIES IN 2004 RIA Novosti 09 Feb 2005 -- In 2004, Rosoboronexport made deliveries of military equipment to 59 countries and procured armaments for UN purposes, announced Rosoboronexport director general Sergei Chemezov during a press conference in Moscow.
  • RUSSIA HANDS OVER SECURITY SYSTEM PLAN TO EU RIA Novosti 09 Feb 2005 -- "We handed over the latest version of the Russian part of the common external security 'roadmap'. It contains results of recent consultations on this issue," Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said following a meeting with his counterpart from Luxembourg, Jean Asselborn.
  • COUNCIL TO DISCUSS ANTI-TERRORIST OPERATIONS IN NICE RIA Novosti 09 Feb 2005 -- The Russia-NATO Council is to hold its informal session at the defense-minister level in Nice, France. The session will open February 9 and also involves Russian Defense Minister Sergei Ivanov, RIA Novosti learned at the Defense Ministry.
  • NEW TERRORIST ATTACKS WILL FOLLOW MASKHADOV'S PEACE INITIATIVE RIA Novosti 09 Feb 2005 -- The Chechen authorities do not intend to talk with Aslan Maskhadov, president of the self-proclaimed Republic of Ichkeria, writes Nezavisimaya Gazeta. Instead, Chechnya's president, Alu Alkhanov, and first vice premier, Ramzan Kadyrov, have offered the separatist leader the chance to surrender.
  • PUTIN: WEAPONS TRADE SHOULD BE COORDINATED WITH FOREIGN POLICY RIA Novosti 08 Feb 2005 -- Weapons trade should remain in strict compliance with Russia's foreign policy, said Vladimir Putin.
  • CIS COMMANDERS TO CONSIDER DEVELOPMENT OF UNITED AIR DEFENSE SYSTEM RIA Novosti 08 Feb 2005 -- Air force and air defense commanders of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) will consider the development of the system of supervision over the CIS united air defense system in Moscow, spokesman for the Russian Armed Forces Colonel Alexander Drobyshevsky told RIA Novosti.
  • FOREIGN MINISTRY ON CHECHEN NUCLEAR THREAT ALLEGATIONS RIA Novosti 08 Feb 2005 -- Moscow does not believe that Chechen militants possess a nuclear device or that they could commit an act of nuclear terrorism, a commentary by the Russian Foreign Ministry's information and press department states in response to Boris Berezovsky's allegations that Chechen militants have nuclear weapons.
  • RUSSIAN DISPLAYS AT ABU DHABI ARMS SHOW TO EXCEED 500 RIA Novosti 08 Feb 2005 -- During the seventh International Defense Exhibition IDEX 2005 to be held in the capital city of the United Arab Emirates (UAE), Abu Dhabi, Russia will display more than 500 exhibits, including top-notch weapons systems, equipment, instruments and ammunition to fit virtually all armed services and branches, a spokesperson for the Rosoboronexport state unitary company told RIA Novosti.
  • RUSSIAN PEACEKEEPERS TO SERVE IN SUDAN RIA Novosti 08 Feb 2005 -- The Russian Defense Ministry has trained 20 peacekeepers for Sudan.
  • EXPERT: BASAYEV NEEDED ALIVE AS SYMBOL OF SEPARATISM RIA Novosti 08 Feb 2005 -- The international Arab terrorists operating in Chechnya need leader of the Chechen militants Shamil Basayev alive as a symbol of separatism, an expert on the struggle against terrorism, who spoke on conditions of anonymity, told RIA Novosti.
  • CHECHEN LEADERS SUGGEST MASKHADOV SURRENDER RIA Novosti 08 Feb 2005 -- Chechen leaders suggest separatist leader Aslan Maskhadov should give himself up, according to the message issued by the Chechen president's public relations office on Tuesday.
  • Return of spent nuclear fuel should follow commercial terms: Moscow IRNA 07 Feb 2005 -- Head of the Russian Federal Agency for Atomic Power Alexander Rumyantev is to visit the Islamic Republic of Iran in the second half of February to study economic terms for the return of spent nuclear fuel from Bushehr to Russia.
  • U.S. Comments On Expected Iran-Russia Nuclear Deal RFE/RL 07 Feb 2005 -- The United States appears to be taking a relaxed view of an expected deal in which Russia will supply nuclear fuel for a Russian-built nuclear reactor in Iran.
  • Private U.S. Group, Canada Aid Effort to Destroy Russian Weapons Washington File 07 Feb 2005 -- A private U.S. arms control organization joined with the Canadian government February 7 to provide the funding needed to destroy almost two million Russian weapons armed with the lethal nerve agents Sarin, Soman and VX.
  • Chechnya: Cease-Fire Holding, But Little Chance Of Negotiations Seen RFE/RL 07 Feb 2005 -- A unilateral cease-fire called by Chechen separatist leaders appears to be holding -- giving some the impression there may be an opening in the Chechen crisis. The cease-fire was called by Chechen separatist leader Aslan Maskhadov and warlord Shamil Basaev as a goodwill gesture to encourage the Russians to engage in talks over the feature of the republic. Chechnya's Russian-backed government has dismissed the move as a publicity stunt, and observers say that with memories of September's tragic Beslan school siege still fresh, the Russians are not likely to rush to the negotiating table.
  • RUSSIAN OFFICERS TO SERVE AS UN MILITARY OBSERVERS IN SUDAN RIA Novosti 07 Feb 2005 -- Russia will send up to 50 officers to Sudan as UN military observers, official spokesman for the Russian Foreign Ministry Alexander Yakovenko said Monday.
  • CENTRAL ASIA TO CREATE NUCLEAR-FREE ZONE RIA Novosti 07 Feb 2005 -- On February 7-9 Tashkent, the capital of Uzbekistan, is to host a meeting of a regional expert group for drafting a treaty on a nuclear-free zone in Central Asia.
  • CIS GENERALS TO CONDUCT EXERCISE NEAR MOSCOW RIA Novosti 07 Feb 2005 -- Moscow and Rzhev in the Tver region (north-west of the Moscow region) are to host a training-methodological session of the coordinating committee for air-defense issues (Council of CIS Defense Ministers) February 7-10.
  • PUTIN DEMANDS PROPOSALS ON SERVICEMEN'S PAY RAISE RIA Novosti 07 Feb 2005 -- Vladimir Putin has given the finance and defense ministers a week to prepare proposals on the increase of servicemen's money allowance.
  • DEFENSE MINISTER GIVES ACCOUNT OF HIS SIBERIAN TOUR TO PUTIN RIA Novosti 07 Feb 2005 -- Russian Defense Minister Sergei Ivanov reported to Vladimir Putin on the results of his trip to the Siberian military district.
  • RUSSIAN ARMY TO RECEIVE MORE ADVANCED WEAPONS STARTING IN 2010 RIA Novosti 07 Feb 2005 -- Starting in 2010, the Russian army will be more active in acquiring advanced weapons for own arsenal, announced head of the Federation Council's Committee on Defense and Security Viktor Ozerov.
  • MASKHADOV: TRUCE CALL ADDRESSED TO PUTIN RIA Novosti 07 Feb 2005 -- The news about a truce in Chechnya, declared by separatist leaders, had far-reaching repercussions in Russia and abroad during the weekend.
  • ALKHANOV: MASKHADOV WILL NOT GIVE UP BASAYEV RIA Novosti 07 Feb 2005 -- Chechen President Alu Alkhanov believes that Aslan Maskhadov will not give up Shamil Basayev to federal authorities.
  • RUSSIAN SENATOR CONDEMNS BASAYEV'S APPEARANCE ON BRITISH TV CHANNEL RIA Novosti 07 Feb 2005 -- Giving air in mass media to terrorists and their representatives can be viewed as an information war, head of the defense and security committee of the Federation Council (the upper chamber
  • Japan Seeks Return Of Islands By Russia RFE/RL 07 Feb 2005 -- Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi said today Japan and Russia must resolve a territorial dispute over four islands before the two nations can improve ties.
  • Chechen Rebel Says Truce Could Pave Way For Talks RFE/RL 07 Feb 2005 -- Chechen separatist leader Aslan Maskhadov says he hopes his order for a unilateral cease-fire will lead to peace talks with Russia.
  • RUSSIAN DEFENSE MINISTER ABOUT SERVICE TERM REDUCTION RIA Novosti 04 Feb 2005 -- The reduction of the term of military service from two years to one year should not affect the defense capability of Russia, announced Russian Defense Minister Sergei Ivanov, speaking before the report delivered by Commander of the Siberian military district, Colonel General Nikolai Makarov.
  • SERGEI IVANOV REFUTES INFORMATION ON MASS DISCHARGES IN ARMED FORCES IN CONNECTION WITH BENEFITS ISSUE RIA Novosti 04 Feb 2005 -- Russian Defense Minister Sergei Ivanov refuted information on mass discharges in the Russian Armed Forces in connection with the replacement of benefits by cash payments.
  • NEW NUCLEAR SUBMARINES TO SAIL WITHOUT BULAVA MISSILES RIA Novosti 04 Feb 2005 -- Alexander Belousov, Russia's first deputy defense minister, recently announced that the Navy would receive two strategic nuclear submarines equipped with state-of-the-art Bulava (Mace) ballistic missiles, Novaya Gazeta writes.
  • INFORMATION ABOUT DEATH OF WARLORD BASAYEV IS MERE RUMORS RIA Novosti 04 Feb 2005 -- Head of the Chechen State Council Taus Dzhabrailov believes that the information about the death of warlord Shamil Basayev is mere rumors.
  • TERRORISTS' PLANS FOR BESLAN RIA Novosti 04 Feb 2005 -- The terrorists who seized a school in Beslan, North Ossetia, on September 1-3 had not intended to enter into talks with authorities.
  • RUSSIA TO SELL COMBAT AIRCRAFT TO INDIA RIA Novosti 03 Feb 2005 -- Russia will participate in a tender selling medium-class combat aircraft to the Indian Air Forces, Alexei Fyodorov, general director of the MiG Aircraft Manufacturing corporation, told journalists.
  • RUSSIAN PROTON CARRIER ROCKET SUCCESSFULLY LAUNCHES AMERICAN COMMUNICATIONS SATELLITE AMC-12 RIA Novosti 03 Feb 2005 -- 2005's first Proton carrier rocket with an American AMC-12 communication satellite on top was launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome at 5.27 a.m. Moscow time, a spokesman for Russia's Space Forces said.
  • U.S. INTENTION TO CONTINUE ANTI-TERRORISM FIGHT SUITS RUSSIA RIA Novosti 03 Feb 2005 -- The U.S. foreign policy priorities voiced by President George Bush in his State of the Union Address indicate further constructive cooperation between Russia and the U.S. in the fight against international terrorism and proliferation of weapons of mass destruction (WMD), Konstantin Kosachov, chairman of the State Duma Committee on Foreign Affairs, opined in response to the address delivered by the U.S. president.
  • MOSCOW: PREEMPTIVE STRIKES ON TERRORIST BASES COMPLY WITH INTERNATIONAL LAW RIA Novosti 03 Feb 2005 -- Any possible Russian preemptive strikes on terrorist bases will not run counter to international law, the Foreign Ministry comment received by RIA Novosti on Thursday reads.
  • 74TH MOTORIZED BRIGADE TO BE MANNED WITH PROFESSIONALS BY YEAR-END 2006 RIA Novosti 03 Feb 2005 -- The 74th Separate Zvenigorod-Berlin Motorized Brigade deployed in Yurga, Kemerovo Region (coal-mining region in the south of Western Siberia), will be fully manned with contract servicemen by the end of 2006, Defense Minister Sergei Ivanov said Thursday at a meeting with the brigade's personnel attended by journalists.
  • DEPUTY DAGESTANI INTERIOR MINISTER KILLED RIA Novosti 03 Feb 2005 -- Dagestan's deputy interior minister Magomed Omarov was killed the other day.
  • REGIONAL OPERATIONAL HQ REFUTES CHECHEN SEPARATIST LEADERS' STATEMENTS RIA Novosti 03 Feb 2005 -- The Regional Operational HQ for the Anti-Terror Operation in the North Caucasus have refuted allegations by Aslan Maskhadov and Shamil Basayev posted on the internet sites of Chechen separatists.
  • CHECHEN MILITANTS DECLARE CEASEFIRE RIA Novosti 03 Feb 2005 -- Aslan Maskhadov, the leader of the Chechen militants, has issued an order called "The Order to Halt Offensive Combat Activities Unilaterally", Rossiiskaya Gazeta reports.
  • Chechnya: Maskhadov Reportedly Orders Cease-Fire RFE/RL 03 Feb 2005 -- Chechen separatist leader Aslan Maskhadov has allegedly ordered Chechen fighters to temporarily halt all offensive operations in the republic. A statement by Maskhadov published on a Chechen website says the cease-fire, due to last through 22 February, is a gesture of goodwill. Chechnya's Russian-backed government has dismissed the report, calling it a publicity stunt that cannot be trusted.
  • 63% OF RUSSIANS FOR PRESERVING ARMY DEFERMENTS RIA Novosti 02 Jan 2005 -- When speaking in front of Duma deputies recently, Russian Defence Minister Sergei Ivanov revealed the plan to cancel most of conscript service deferments by next year.
  • STUDENTS WILL NOT SERVE IN THE ARMY, AND SCHOOLCHILDREN WILL TAKE MILITARY TRAINING LESSONS RIA Novosti 02 Jan 2005 -- Students will not be conscripted, although, at the same time, it is necessary to reintroduce the system of pre-conscription military training at schools, Russian Defense Minister Sergei Ivanov told journalists during the Tomsk meeting on military preparation of Russian citizens.
  • Congressional Report, February 2: Weapons Reduction Program Washington File 02 Jan 2005 -- The Nunn-Lugar program, designed to destroy weapons from the former Soviet Union, deactivated 312 Russian nuclear warheads in 2004, bringing the total number of weapons destroyed since the program began to 6,564, according to a report from the U.S. Defense Threat Reduction Agency.
  • RUSSIA, US SEARCHING FOR ROOT CAUSES OF TERRORISM RIA Novosti 02 Feb 2005 -- Both Russia and the United States deem it important to expose the root causes of terrorism and its ties with different forms of worldwide religious extremism, Valentin Sobolev, Deputy Secretary of Russia's National Security Council, told RIA Novosti.
  • RUSSIA IS CHINA'S MAIN STRATEGIC PARTNER RIA Novosti 02 Feb 2005 -- "Russia is China's main strategic partner," member of the Chinese State Council Tan Zixiang told Russian President Vladimir Putin.
  • LAVROV PUZZLED BY U.S. ASSERTIONS THAT RUSSIA'S ENGAGEMENT IN SETTLING CIS CONFLICTS IS NOT INTENSIVE ENOUGH RIA Novosti 02 Feb 2005 -- Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said he had not heard of a U.S. State Department official's statement that Russia had not paid much attention to settling conflicts in the post-Soviet space.
  • RUSSIAN DEFENSE MINISTER VISITS SIBERIAN MILITARY DISTRICT RIA Novosti 02 Feb 2005 -- Russian Defense Minister Sergei Ivanov flew to Tomsk on Wednesday morning to start his working visit to the Siberian military district.
  • RUSSIAN ARMS EXPORTERS ESTABLISH RECORD RIA Novosti 02 Feb 2005 -- Russia's defense industry established a post-Soviet record for arms exports last year: the revenues reached $6 billion (as against $5.568 billion in 2003), Vedomosti reports.
  • ACTIVISTS OF OUTLAWED ISLAMIC EXTREMIST PARTY HIZB UT-TAHRIR ARRESTED IN TAJIKISTAN RIA Novosti 01 Feb 2005 -- Secretary of the Russian Security Council Igor Ivanov calls difficult the situation with the national security of Russia, reports press service of the Security Council.
  • RUSSIA SOLD WEAPONS WORTH $6 BILLION IN 2004 RIA Novosti 01 Feb 2005 -- Last year, Russia sold military products worth $6 billion, said Mikhail Dmitriyev, head of the federal service for military technology cooperation.
  • WILL RICE ENGAGE RUSSIA - OR SNUB IT? RIA Novosti 01 Feb 2005 -- For Russians, news of George W. Bush's inauguration paled in importance beside Condoleezza Rice's confirmation as his secretary of state. Russian optimism about her tenure is surprisingly widespread, and misplaced.
  • WILL RUSSIA AND CHECHNYA COME TO TERMS WITHOUT SIGNING A TREATY? RIA Novosti 01 Feb 2005 -- When the West speaks about a political settlement in Chechnya, it mostly means political talks between the Kremlin and Aslan Maskhadov, the leader of Chechen separatists ("Chechen and international terrorists" as Moscow calls them) and the president of the unrecognized and non-existent Chechen republic of Ichkeria.
  • Iran hopes for development of space cooperation with Russia IRNA 01 Feb 2005 -- Iran hopes for the development of space cooperation with Russia, Iranian Ambassador Gholamreza Shafei said here on Tuesday.
  • Russia has chance to participate in building new N-plants in Iran IRNA 01 Feb 2005 -- Russia has "a big chance of participating in implementing new projects for building nuclear power stations in Iran," said Iranian Ambassador to Russia Gholam Reza Shafei on Tuesday.
  • Russian Official: Police Involved In Chechen Abductions RFE/RL 01 Feb 2005 -- A high-ranking Russian official said yesterday that police and soldiers are apparently taking part in abductions in Chechnya.
  • Iran To Sign Agreement On Russian Nuclear Plant RFE/RL 01 Feb 2005 -- Iran's ambassador to Russia says Tehran is ready to sign an agreement that could clear the way for Russia to open a nuclear power plant in Iran.



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