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April 2005 Russia Special Weapons News



  • Russia to Train and Equip Palestinian Security Forces VOA 29 Apr 2005 -- Russian President Vladimir Putin said Friday his country will give equipment and training to Palestinian security forces. Mr. Putin also offered to help rebuild Palestinian areas damaged by four and a half years of conflict with Israel. The statement came at a joint news conference with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas in Ramallah at the end of the Russian leader's three-day visit to the region.
  • Putin Reassures Israel On Deals With Syria And Iran RFE/RL 28 Apr 2005 -- Russian President Vladimir Putin and Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon met in Jerusalem today for talks on Russia's role in the Middle East -- including a proposal by Putin to hold a peace conference in Moscow later this year.
  • Putin Makes First Visit to Israel by Russian President VOA 27 Apr 2005 -- Vladimir Putin is making the first visit to Israel by a Russian president.
  • Russian Republic Counters Threat Of 'Revolution' RFE/RL 27 Apr 2005 -- Authorities in Russia's ethnic republic of Bashkortostan have countered opposition talk of a "revolution" by announcing plans to minimize political activity in the region during the upcoming May holidays
  • Georgia: Tbilisi, Moscow Report Breakthrough Over Russian Military Bases RFE/RL 26 Apr 2005 -- Just days ago, Moscow and Tbilisi blamed each other for scuttling talks on the withdrawal of Russian military bases in Georgia. But now both sides are reporting progress on the issue.
  • RUSSIA APPROVES STATUS AND TERMS OF STATIONING FOR BASE IN KYRGYZSTAN RIA Novosti 26 Apr 2005 -- The Russian government approved the agreement between Russia and Kyrgyzstan on the status and terms of stationing the Russian airbase in Kyrgyzstan, according to the governmental public affairs news release issued on Tuesday.
  • US-GEORGIAN SUMMIT WILL NOT AFFECT WITHDRAWAL OF RUSSIAN MILITARY BASES RIA Novosti 26 Apr 2005 -- The US-Georgian summit on May 10 will not have a direct impact on the upcoming withdrawal of Russian military bases from the Georgian territory, announced Georgian Foreign Minister Salome Zurabishvili.
  • RUSSIAN BASES' PULLOUT FROM GEORGIA STARTS NEW RELATIONS RIA Novosti 26 Apr 2005 -- Georgian Foreign Minister Salome Zurabishvili said she hopes that the withdrawal of the Russian bases from Georgia will signify the start of a new stage in bilateral relations.
  • RUSSIA-UKRAINE AN-70 PLANE TRIALS POSSIBLE BY YEAR END RIA Novosti 26 Apr 2005 -- Full-scale trials of the Russian-Ukrainian plane An-70 are possible by the end of this year, Russian Defense Minister Sergei Ivanov said following talks with his Ukrainian counterpart Anatoli Gritsenko.
  • BORDER-GUARDS OF RUSSIA AND USA TO DISCUSS JOINT ACTIONS ON THE PACIFIC RIA Novosti 26 Apr 2005 -- A delegation of the 17th US Coast Guard District, headed by commander Rear Admiral James Olson, arrived at Kamchatka on Tuesday.
  • STRELETS SAM SYSTEMS TO BE SOLD TO SYRIA RIA Novosti 26 Apr 2005 -- Strelets surface-to-air missile (SAM) systems are to be supplied to Syria, Russian Defense Minister Sergei Ivanov said.
  • SOUTH KOREA SEEKS TO DEVELOP ARMS TOGETHER WITH RUSSIA RIA Novosti 26 Apr 2005 -- South Korea hopes to sign a memorandum on understanding with Russia this year, which mark the start of joint arms development, above all missiles.
  • ISRAEL WANTS TO DISCUSS WITH PUTIN ABOVE ALL RUSSIA'S COOPERATION WITH IRAN AND SYRIA RIA Novosti 26 Apr 2005 -- In Israel Russia's cooperation with Iran and Syria is understood not only as a reason for concern but also as an incentive for the development of a sincere dialog with the Russian side, Israeli presidential aide Ron Ben-Ishai told RIA Novosti on eve of the first-ever visit by Russian President Vladimir Putin to Israel.
  • Putin Launches Historic Mideast Visit RFE/RL 26 Apr 2005 -- Russian President Vladimir Putin today launched a Middle East tour during which he hopes to revive Russia's Soviet-era influence in the region. It is the first visit to Israel ever by a Russian or Soviet leader, as well as the first official visit to Egypt in 40 years.
  • WARPLANES DRILL ABOVE RED SQUARE FOR MAY 9 PARADE RIA Novosti 26 Apr 2005 -- A drill of the Air Force was held above Moscow's Red Square before a military parade in honor of the 60th anniversary of Victory over German fascism in the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945.
  • SECURITY STEPPED UP AT MOSCOW AIRPORTS AHEAD OF V-E DAY RIA Novosti 26 Apr 2005 -- Security is being stepped up at Moscow's international airports ahead of events to mark the 60th anniversary of the Allies' victory over the Nazi Germany in the Second World War.
  • RUSSIA, UKRAINE SPECIFY TERMS OF RUSSIAN NAVY PRESENCE IN THE CRIMEA RIA Novosti 26 Apr 2005 -- The defense ministries of Russia and Ukraine plan to continue specifying agreements on the Black Sea navy's presence in the Crimea, said Russian Defense Minister Sergey Ivanov.
  • RUSSIA TRUE TO NONPROLIFERATION, SHOWS PUTIN'S DECREE RIA Novosti 26 Apr 2005 -- With today's decree, President Vladimir Putin is establishing a federal export control commission, reports the Kremlin press service.
  • RUSSIA PREPARES TO PLAY PROACTIVE PEACEKEEPING ROLE RIA Novosti 26 Apr 2005 -- Following a visit to the 15th detached mechanized-infantry peacekeeping brigade, which is deployed outside Samara (Volga area), Peter Williams, the head of NATO liaison office in Moscow, said the level of the combat training and equipment of Russia's first specialized peacekeeping force met the highest world standards.
  • Russia to Sell Weapons to Syria VOA News 26 Apr 2005 -- Russian Defense Minister Sergei Ivanov says Moscow will go ahead with a controversial weapons sale to Syria.
  • Russia: Excerpts From Putin's State-Of-The-Nation Speech RFE/RL 25 Apr 2005 -- Russian President Vladimir Putin stressed the twin goals of bolstering democratic values and fostering economic and social success in the country during an annual state-of-the-nation address today.
  • Putin Defends 'Independent Path' To Democracy RFE/RL 25 Apr 2005 -- Russian President Vladimir Putin delivered his annual state-of-the-nation address today, identifying the country's main political task as bolstering democracy and strengthening the judicial and political system but also warning that Russia will decide for itself how best to develop its democracy.
  • RUSSIA HAS GOOD CHANCE TO JOIN COMMON SECURITY STRUCTURE RIA Novosti 22 Apr 2005 -- Working within the framework of the Russia-NATO Council opens up opportunities for the Russian military to join the common structure of security, Anatoly Tsyganok, head of the Military Forecasting Center, said in an interview with RIA Novosti.
  • HOT LINE TO LINK RUSSIAN AND SOUTH KOREAN DEFENSE MINISTRIES RIA Novosti 22 Apr 2005 -- The Russian and South Korean Defense Ministers have agreed to make efforts for arranging a hot line as soon as possible to exchange information on flights in the airspace of the two countries.
  • RUSSIA, JAPAN APPOINT CONFERENCES TO START NUKE SUB SALVAGING, LATE IN YEAR, SAYS MEMO RIA Novosti 22 Apr 2005 -- Russia and Japan will meet in consultations to launch five nuclear submarine salvaging toward the year's end, says a memorandum on the 7th session of a bilateral intergovernmental commission for commercial and economic issues.
  • ISRAELI PARLIAMENT ADVOCATES EXPANDED MILITARY-TECHNICAL COOPERATION WITH RUSSIA RIA Novosti 22 Apr 2005 -- Yuval Steinitz, chairman of the Israeli Knesset's foreign-affairs and security committee, believes that time is now ripe to invigorate Israeli-Russian military-technical cooperation.
  • SOUTH KOREAN MINISTER TO DISCUSS ISSUES OF MILITARY AND TECHNICAL COOPERATION IN MOSCOW RIA Novosti 18 Apr 2005 -- A delegation of the South Korean ministry of national defense, headed by minister Yoon Kwang-woong, is coming to Russia on April 20 to hold talks with the Russian ministry of defense, the Russian ministry of defense reported on Monday.
  • RUSSIA MAY WITHDRAW MILITARY BASES FROM GEORGIA PRIOR TO JANUARY 1, 2009 RIA Novosti 22 Apr 2005 -- Speaker of the upper chamber of Russian parliament Sergei Mironov has said that Russia may withdraw its military bases from Georgia before January 1, 2009.
  • RUSSIAN, GEORGIAN FOREIGN MINISTERS TO DISCUSS QUESTIONS OF WITHDRAWAL OF RUSSIAN BASES RIA Novosti 22 Apr 2005 -- Russia's Minister of Foreign Affairs Sergei Lavrov will discuss with his Georgian counterpart Salome Zurabishvili issues concerning the time of and conditions for withdrawal of the Russian military bases situated on the territory of Georgia, RIA Novosti was told in the information and press department of Russia's Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Friday.
  • TERRORIST PREPARING "FIREWORKS" FOR MAY 9 KILLED IN CHECHNYA RIA Novosti 22 Apr 2005 -- On Friday terrorist Suleiman Dakaev, so-called "emir" of the Shelkovskaya and Chervlenaya villages, has been killed in the Chechen capital Grozny.
  • RAMZAN KADYROV DREAMING OF KILLING AND NOT CAPTURING BASAYEV RIA Novosti 22 Apr 2005 -- First Vice Premier of Chechnya Ramzan Kadyrov claims that he intends to kill and not capture Basayev.
  • Russia: Attempting To Block The Blocs RFE/RL 21 Apr 2005 -- Among the many amendments to Russia's law on elections that were passed in their crucial second reading by the State Duma on 15 April is one that would ban the formation of electoral blocs to contest federal, regional, or local elections.
  • U.S./Russia: Rice Upbeat About U.S.-Russian Relations RFE/RL 21 Apr 2005 -- The United States and Russia are describing Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice's visit to Moscow yesterday as fruitful.
  • Chechnya: Who Will Strike First Following Maskhadov's Death? RFE/RL 21 Apr 2005 -- The reprisals that some anticipated would follow the killing on 8 March of Chechen leader and resistance forces commander Aslan Maskhadov have not taken place -- yet. A 20 April commentary posted by the website ari.ru attributed the comparative lull in hostilities in recent weeks to the statutory 40-day mourning period prescribed by Islam, which ended on 17 April.
  • Russia, NATO Sign Military Cooperation Agreement RFE/RL 21 Apr 2005 -- NATO and Russia today signed a milestone "Status of Forces Agreement" that will make it easier for the two sides to organize the transit of troops through each other's territory.
  • NATO Boosts Ties with Russia, Ukraine VOA News 21 Apr 2005 -- NATO has struck deals to increase its cooperation with Russia and Ukraine as the military alliance deepens its roots in what was once enemy territory of the old Soviet bloc.
  • Sharon Expresses Concerns about Russia's Missile Sales to Syria VOA News 21 Apr 2005 -- Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon has expressed concern that Russian anti-aircraft missiles being sold to Syria could fall into the hands of terrorist groups.
  • No "Huge Problem" Safeguarding Russian Nuclear Material, Rice Says Washington File 21 Apr 2005 -- The security of nuclear materials in post-Soviet Russia is still a cause for concern, but there is no "huge problem," says Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice.
  • Russia: Moscow Proposes Plan To Scrap Foreign Nuclear Submarines RFE/RL 19 Apr 2005 -- Russia's Atomic Energy Agency has floated the idea of dismantling foreign decommissioned nuclear submarines on Russian territory. According to the plan, spent nuclear fuel would be unloaded from the submarines in the country of origin. Russian environmentalists, however, are convinced the nuclear fuel will end up in Russia. They warn that Russia could turn into an international radioactive dump.
  • Russia: Kremlin Approves Regions' Decision To Merge RFE/RL 19 Apr 2005 -- Moscow is welcoming a move by three regions in Siberia to merge. The unification of Krasnoyarsk and the Taimyr and Evenkia autonomous districts is in line with a Kremlin drive to centralize power and reduce the number of regions from the current 89 to between 40 and 50. But are Moscow's attempts to rein in Russia's regions likely to yield the results it is seeking?
  • Russia: Adygeya Leadership Reaffirms Opposition To Republic's Liquidation RFE/RL 19 Apr 2005 -- The success of the 17 April referendum on subsuming the Taimyr and Evenk autonomous okrugs into Krasnoyarsk Krai is likely to encourage those Russian officials who favor holding a similar referendum on abolishing the current status of the Republic of Adygeya (RA) by subsuming it into Krasnodar Krai, within which it constitutes an enclave.
  • Ukraine Accuses Russia Of Black Sea Treaty Violations RFE/RL 19 Apr 2005 -- Ukraine has accused Russia of violating a treaty governing the Russian navy's use of a Black Sea port.
  • RUSSIAN AND US SERVICEMEN JOINTLY PRACTICE IN MISSILE DEFENSE RIA Novosti 18 Apr 2005 -- Russian and American servicemen are participating in a missile defense exercise.
  • 10 TERROR ACTS PREVENTED IN NORTH CAUCASUS RIA Novosti 18 Apr 2005 -- Stavropol's law enforcement authorities have recently prevented ten terror acts, Governor of the Stavropol Territory Alexander Chernogorov said at a session of the State Duma Commission for Problems of the North Caucasus and Stavropol on Monday.
  • RUSSIA OFFERS TO DISMANTLE FOREIGN NUCLEAR SUBMARINES RIA Novosti 18 Apr 2005 -- The head of the Federal Agency for Nuclear Power, Alexander Rumyantsev, said on Sunday that Russia wanted to start dismantling foreign nuclear submarines.
  • CHECHEN INTERIOR MINISTRY DEALS WITH "TURNCOATS IN EPAULETTES" RIA Novosti 18 Apr 2005 -- The Interior Ministry of Chechnya is taking resolute "ranks cleansing" measures.
  • CAN RUSSIA, EU AGREE ON CHECHNYA? RIA Novosti 18 Apr 2005 -- Chechnya seems to have ceased to be the apple of discord in Russia-EU relations. In the past, the EU accused Moscow of human rights abuses in Chechnya, while the Kremlin said the EU used double standards, dividing international terrorists into bad (those who threatened the West) and good (those who operated in Chechnya).
  • FSB CONDUCTING SPECIAL OPERATION TO DESTROY THE REST OF CHITIGOV'S TERRORIST GROUP IN CHECHNYA RIA Novosti 18 Apr 2005 -- The Federal Security Service (FSB) is conducting a special operation to destroy the remainder of Rizvan Chitigov's (killed on March 23, 2005) terrorist group in Chechnya's Shali district, Major General Ilya Shabalkin, spokesman for the regional HQ for the anti-terrorist operation in the North Caucasus, was quoted by RIA Novosti as saying.
  • A MILITANT FROM BASAYEV'S GANG ARRESTED IN CHECHNYAS RIA Novosti 18 Apr 2005 -- A militant from the Shamil Basayev-led group who shot a man from Achkhoi Martan to intimidate the local population was arrested, reports the press center of the regional headquarters for the anti-terrorist operation in the North Caucasus.
  • U.S./Russia: Analysts Say Nuclear Issues Likely To Top Rice's Agenda In Moscow RFE/RL 18 Apr 2005 -- As Russian President Vladimir Putin prepares to receive U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice in Moscow tomorrow, Russian observers are speculating on the likely agenda of the discussion. The United States is likely to raise concerns about Russia's eroding democracy. But Russian analysts say Washington will prefer this time to focus on nuclear issues.
  • Islamic Group Takes Credit For Daghestan Bombings RFE/RL 17 Apr 2005 -- A little-known Islamic group calling itself Shariat has claimed responsibility for the bombings in the southern Russian republic of Daghestan last week that wounded six people.
  • Three Russian Regions Vote On Merging RFE/RL 17 Apr 2005 -- Three Russian regions were holding a referendum today on whether to merge and become Russia's largest single region in terms of territory.
  • RUSSIA / SPACE LAUNCH VOA 14 Apr 2005 -- A Russian Soyuz spacecraft blasted off from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan early Friday local time carrying a three-man crew up to the International Space Station, or I-S-S. The mission is part of the normal six-month crew rotation, but this one should mark the return of U.S. shuttles to space after two years.
  • ILLEGAL CHANNEL OF SENDING TERRORISTS TO WEST CHECKED IN RUSSIA RIA Novosti 14 Apr 2005 -- As a result of special operation, the Russian Federal Security Service (FSB) and the Moscow Main Interior Department (GUVD) have put an end the activity of a criminal group, which had organized an illegal channel for sending foreigners to France, Spain and the USA.
  • HANOVER FAIR: ROSOBORONEXPORT EXHIBITS CUTTING-EDGE ITEMS RIA Novosti 14 Apr 2005 -- Rosoboronexport Co. made a public introduction of leading-edge projects during today's Techno Exchange forum-part of the exposition, Russia Germany's Partner Country, at the Hanover industrial fair, the corporate press service said to Novosti.
  • ANTITERRORISM EXERCISE ON BORDER OF CHECHNYA AND DAGHESTAN RIA Novosti 14 Apr 2005 -- A large-scale antiterrorism exercise, conducted in the Southern Federal district, moved to Daghestan's regions bordering on Chechnya.
  • RUSSIAN AMBASSADOR URGES KYRGYZSTAN TO PUNISH SPONSORS OF ANTI-RUSSIAN PROVOCATIONS RIA Novosti 14 Apr 2005 -- Russian ambassador to Kyrgyzstan Yevgeni Shmagin has invited the Kyrgyz authorities to take measures concerning sponsors of provocations against the Russian-speaking population.
  • STATE DUMA SPEAKER ON SETTLEMENT IN KYRGYZSTAN RIA Novosti 14 Apr 2005 -- The situation in Kyrgyzstan is gradually calming down, Russian State Duma Boris Gryzlov said after the session of the Inter-parliamentary Assembly of the Eurasian Economic Community (EurAsEC) on Thursday.
  • NATO DELEGATES TO VISIT RUSSIAN PEACEKEEPERS IN SAMARA RIA Novosti 14 Apr 2005 -- A NATO delegation will appear in Russia, April 17 through 21, to see the routine of the 15th Detached Peacekeeping Motorized Infantry Brigade, stationed in Samara on the Volga, German Zhitenev, senior officer of the Russian Landed Troops press service, said to Novosti.
  • IVANOV: RUSSIA AGAINST DEPLOYING WEAPONS TO SPACE RIA Novosti 13 Apr 2005 -- Russia is categorically against deploying weapons to outer space, Russian Defense Minister Sergei Ivanov told reporters Wednesday.
  • CONVENTION ON FIGHTING NUCLEAR TERROR TO BE A MIGHTY WEAPON OF INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY RIA Novosti 13 Apr 2005 -- Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov hopes that all the countries will join the convention of fighting nuclear terror. RIA Novosti cites him as saying this in Moscow on Wednesday.
  • GAZPROM EYES NAVY PROPOSAL RIA Novosti 13 Apr 2005 -- The Russian Navy has submitted for Gazprom consideration its site for building a gas-liquefying plant on the Kola Peninsula.
  • OVER 80% OF OFFICERS DISSATISFIED WITH THE BENEFITS LAW RIA Novosti 13 Apr 2005 -- According to public opinion polls conducted among officers early this year and in March, over 80% of respondents are dissatisfied with the law on the substitution of monetary compensations for benefits in kind.
  • MEDIA TO BE FREE IN COVERING COUNTER-TERRORIST OPERATIONS RIA Novosti 13 Apr 2005 -- Journalists of the leading Russian media and security services have agreed to cooperate in counter-terrorist operations.
  • USTINOV: RUSSIAN SOCIETY FAR FROM SECURITY RIA Novosti 13 Apr 2005 -- The Russian society is far from being secure, Russian Prosecutor General Ustinov told the Federation Council on Wednesday during the hearings on extending his term of office as prosecutor general.
  • PUTIN'S BILL ON COSSACKS' STATE SERVICE SUBMITTED TO DUMA RIA Novosti 13 Apr 2005 -- Vladimir Putin submitted a draft law On State Service of the Russian Cossacks for consideration by the State Duma.
  • PACIFIC FLEET'S LARGE LANDING SHIP COMPLETING MEMORY CRUISE RIA Novosti 13 Apr 2005 -- The BDK-11 large landing ship of the Russian Navy's Pacific Fleet is completing its Cruise of Memory in commemoration of the 60th anniversary of the victory over Nazism in the 1941-1945 Great Patriotic War.
  • "FIERY SUMMER" OF CHECHEN TERRORISTS RIA Novosti 13 Apr 2005 -- The Chechen law-enforcement agencies have information that militants are going to stage several resounding terrorist acts in summer.
  • EU DELEGATION COMES TO CHECHNYA TO GAUGE PROGRESS IN INSTITUTIONAL REFORM AHEAD OF POLLS RIA Novosti 13 Apr 2005 -- A delegation of the European Commission, the European Union's executive body, has arrived in the republic of Chechnya to gauge progress in institutional reform ahead of parliamentary elections here.
  • NO REVOLUTIONARY PREREQUISITES IN AZERBAIJAN RIA Novosti 13 Apr 2005 -- There are no prerequisites in Azerbaijan for any kind of "color" revolution, similar to the ones that happened in Kyrgyzstan and Georgia, Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Elmar Mamedyarov stated, while speaking with Russian journalists in Islamabad.
  • CHECHNYA: REHABILITATION PROJECTS TO REPLACE HUMANITARIAN AID RIA Novosti 13 Apr 2005 -- Chechen President Alu Alkhanov welcomes the initiative of the European Union to pass from humanitarian aid to specific economic projects targeting the rehabilitation of Chechnya.
  • RUSSIA DISAGREES WITH STRASBOURG RULING ON CHECHENS CASE RIA Novosti 13 Apr 2005 -- Pavel Laptev, Russia's special envoy to the European Human Rights Court, intends to appeal against the decision of this court on the action brought by a group of Chechens against Georgia and Russia.
  • TWO ATTACKS ON POLICE IN MAKHACHKALA - ONE KILLED, FIVE WOUNDED RIA Novosti 13 Apr 2005 -- One policeman was killed and five others wounded as a result of two attacks on police late Tuesday night and Wednesday morning in Makhachkala, the capital of Dagestan (a republic in the North Caucasus neighbouring on Chechnya), RIA Novosti was told at the duty desk of the city's interior department.
  • RUSSIA WANTS TO MAKE RUSSIAN-US MISSILE DEFENSE EXERCISES ROUTINE RIA Novosti 12 Apr 2005 -- Russia is going to keep on conducting combined Russian-US theater missile defense (BMD) exercises, Russian Defense Minister Sergei Ivanov said at a news conference in the city of Yaroslavl.
  • RUSSIAN-US BMD CPX RIA Novosti 12 Apr 2005 -- The 4th central research institute of the Russian Defense Ministry in Moscow is to host a combined Russian-US theater-wide ballistic missile defense (BMD) command-post exercise (CPX) from April 12 to 23.
  • MAN ACCUSED OF INVOLVEMENT IN TERRORIST ACTS IN SUMMER OF 2004 PLEADS GUILTY RIA Novosti 12 Apr 2005 -- One of the suspects in the cases of the terrorist acts on board Tu-134 and Tu-154 liners last summer has partially admitted his guilt. Armen Arutyunyan, profiteering in air tickets, helped the women terrorists to get tickets to the airliner.
  • Russian Prosecutors Investigate Nuclear Plant Waste Dumping RFE/RL 12 Apr 2005 -- Russian prosecutors have opened a criminal investigation into a nuclear recycling facility that has allegedly been dumping radioactive waste.
  • ANTITERROR EXERCISE HELD AT NORTHERN FLEET AIRFIELD RIA Novosti 12 Apr 2005 -- A joint tactical exercise to prevent terrorism has been held at the Severomorsk-1 airfield of the Northern fleet.
  • DOCUMENTS ON SOVIET FLEETS' WAR OPERATIONS DECLASSIFIED RIA Novosti 12 Apr 2005 -- The Main Headquarters of the Russian Navy has completely declassified historical documents on the operations of the Soviet Fleets during World War II, Russian Navy Commander Vladimir Kuroyedov said during the meeting with veterans of the Great Patriotic War in Murmansk on Tuesday.
  • RUSSIAN NAVY FOR PIONEER TYPE SHIPS, SAYS COMMANDER RIA Novosti 12 Apr 2005 -- The Russian Navy will receive cutting-edge type ships next year, Admiral Vladimir Kuroyedov said to the media in Murmansk, seaport in Russia's northwest, today.
  • IVANOV: RUSSIA WILL NOT PREVENT CIS COUNTRIES FROM JOINING NATO RIA Novosti 12 Apr 2005 -- Russia will not put stumbling blocks for CIS counties trying to join NATO, Russian Defense Minister Sergei Ivanov said in his exclusive interview with the Itogi magazine.
  • RUSSIA SET TO RENDER ASSISTANCE TO KYRGYZSTAN RIA Novosti 12 Apr 2005 -- Kyrgyzstan has confirmed its commitment to its obligations within the framework of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) and the Eurasian Economic Community (Eurasec), Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said at a consultation between the president and the Cabinet.
  • Chechen Government Says 1,700 People Missing in Republic RFE/RL 12 Apr 2005 -- The pro-Russian Chechen government constitutional rights committee said today that nearly 1,700 people have been abducted in Chechnya and are still missing.
  • HIGH-RANKING RUSSIAN DIPLOMAT VISITS IRAN RIA Novosti 12 Apr 2005 -- Russia and Iran are assessing a new potential of enhanced bilateral cooperation in the context of their own interests and regional interests.
  • LARGE-SCALE ANTITERRORIST EXERCISE BEGAN IN SOUTH OF RUSSIA RIA Novosti 11 Apr 2005 -- A large-scale exercise in the course of which the executive authorities are polishing up actions in case of dramatic deterioration of the situation under the command of the Russian Interior Minister Rashid Nurgaliyev on the territory of the Southern Federal District on Monday.
  • MOSCOW TO HOST RUSSIAN-US MISSILE DEFENSE EXERCISE RIA Novosti 11 Apr 2005 -- A joint Russian-US theater missile defense exercise will be held here April 12-23 at the Russian Defense Ministry's No. 4 central R&D institute.
  • RUSSIA REMAINS A STRATEGIC PARTNER FOR KYRGYZSTAN RIA Novosti 11 Apr 2005 -- Russia remains a strategic ally and friend of Kyrgyzstan, Roza Otunbayeva, the Kyrgyz foreign minister, said Monday at a meeting with her Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov.
  • MOSCOW PROSECUTOR'S OFFICE TO LOOK INTO EX-HEAD OF FSB DEPARTMENT MURDER CASE RIA Novosti 11 Apr 2005 -- The case of murder of retired Colonel General Anatoly Trofimov, ex-Head of Federal Security Service (FSB) Department of Moscow and the Moscow region, has been submitted to the prosecutor's office of the capital, a spokesman for the press service of the Moscow Prosecutor's Office was quoted by RIA Novosti as saying.
  • Russian Military Says Missile System Seized From Chechens RFE/RL 11 Apr 2005 -- The Russian military says it killed three Chechen fighters and seized an antiaircraft missile system from the site of the clash.
  • Russia Claims Death Of Basayev Associate RFE/RL 08 Apr 2005 -- The Russian military today claimed it has killed a close associate of wanted Chechen separatist warlord Shamil Basayev.
  • CHECHNYA/CIVILIANS/WEST VOA 07 Apr 2005 -- Russian President Vladimir Putin has not been able to either defeat the Chechen separatists or find a political solution to the conflict. In this report from Washington, VOA Senior Correspondent André de Nesnera looks at whether the West can help resolve the situation in Chechnya.
  • Russia: Thousands Dodge Military Service as Draft Begins RFE/RL 07 Apr 2005 -- With the opening of the spring conscription campaign, the Russian army is once again struggling to fill its ranks. The annual draft, which began 1 April, aims to find 155,000 able-bodied men between 18 and 27. But it's not easy. The war in Chechnya and a reputation for brutality have made the army deeply unpopular. Thousands of young men across Russia hide from draft commissions and the police in order to avoid military service.
  • Georgia Doubts Russia Ready To Negotiate Base Withdrawal RFE/RL 07 Apr 2005 -- Georgia says it believes Russian envoys sent to negotiate the withdrawal of military bases have arrived in Tbilisi with no serious proposals.
  • RUSSIA INTERESTED IN SOONEST SETTLEMENT OF TRANSDNIESTRIAN CONFLICT RIA Novosti 06 Apr 2005 -- Russia is interested in the soonest settlement of the Transdniestrian conflict as an intermediary in this process alongside with Ukraine and the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Wednesday.
  • KILLER OF 4 FOREIGNERS DETAINED IN CHECHNYA RIA Novosti 06 Apr 2005 -- Adam Dzhabrailov involved in the kidnapping and murder of one New Zealander and three British citizens has been detained in Chechnya, a spokesman for the regional operative headquarters for the counter-terrorist operation in the North Caucasus reported.
  • SEPARATISM IN CHECHNYA HAS NO FUTURE RIA Novosti 06 Apr 2005 -- An overwhelming majority of the people of Chechnya - 90% - want to live within Russia, while less than 10% of the Chechens support separatist trends, Konstantin Kosachyov, chairman of the State Duma's foreign affairs committee, said on Tuesday in Washington.
  • RUSSIA TO SHOW OFF ITS NEW HELICOPTER MAINTENANCE EQUIPMENT AT MEXICO'S AEROEXPO 2005 RIA Novosti 06 Apr 2005 -- The 5th international air show AEROEXPO is about to open in Mexico City.
  • COLOURED REVOLUTIONS - A MISCALCULATION ON MOSCOW'S PART? RIA Novosti 06 Apr 2005 -- Russia has taken into account the experience of recent "revolutions" in such countries of the near abroad as Ukraine, Georgia and Kyrgyzstan, and is now starting to work out new principles of relations with CIS countries,."
  • PUTIN HOPES FOR SOONEST STABILIZATION IN KYRGYZSTAN RIA Novosti 06 Apr 2005 -- Russian President Vladimir Putin hopes for the soonest stabilization in Kyrgyzstan and legitimization of the new government.
  • RUSSIAN, AMERICAN BASES GETTING ON IN KYRGYZSTAN RIA Novosti 06 Apr 2005 -- The command-and-staff exercise Rubezh-2005 has nothing to do with revolutions, Russian Defense Minister Sergei Ivanov has said.
  • ARMED POLICE TO PROTECT FLIGHTS RIA Novosti 05 Apr 2005 -- A new federal law under which plain clothes police will fly on domestic and international flights came into force yesterday. Interior Minister Rashid Nurgaliyev said these policemen "will be armed," Izvestia reports.
  • RUSSIAN NAVY CALLS TO UNIFY SURFACE & UNDERWATER INFORMATION SYSTEM RIA Novosti 05 Apr 2005 -- The Russian Navy has advanced an initiative to establish a unified state system for information coverage of maritime surface and underwater developments.
  • TAJIKISTAN PRESIDENT AND RUSSIAN DEFENSE MINISTER DISCUSS MILITARY COOPERATION RIA Novosti 05 Apr 2005 -- Tajikistan president Emomali Rakhmonov and Russia's defense minister Sergei Ivanov have discussed military cooperation between the two countries.
  • RUSSIAN MILITARY BASE SET UP IN TAJIKISTAN RIA Novosti 05 Apr 2005 -- The infrastructure of the Russian military base in Tajikistan is 1,124 million rubles ($1=27.89 rubles) worth, Russian Defense Minister Sergei Ivanov said to reporters in Dushanbe.
  • RUSSIA WAS READY TO EVACUATE BOTH RUSSIANS AND FOREIGNERS FROM BISHKEK RIA Novosti 05 Apr 2005 -- Russia was ready to evacuate both Russians and foreigners from Bishkek, Russian Defense Minister Sergei Ivanov told reporters after meeting with the president of Tajikistan, Emomali Rakhmonov.
  • NO PLANS FOR NEW SPECIAL FORCES ARM, MINISTER SAYS RIA Novosti 05 Apr 2005 -- No plans to create a new Special Forces Arm exist, Russian Defense Minister Sergei Ivanov told journalists in Dushanbe.
  • RUSSIA READY TO EVACUATE ITS CITIZENS FROM KYRGYZSTAN RIA Novosti 05 Apr 2005 -- Russia was ready to evacuate its citizens from Kyrgyzstan on its Air Force planes during the recent events there.
  • BLACKSEAFOR EXERCISE UNDERWAY RIA Novosti 05 Apr 2005 -- The exercise being conducted by BLACKSEAFOR, a Black Sea naval group, is now in full swing, Captain 1st Rank Igor Dygalo, assistant to the Russian Navy's commander-in-chief, told RIA Novosti on Tuesday.
  • PACIFIC FLEET WARSHIP ON VICTORY DAY CRUISE RIA Novosti 05 Apr 2005 -- On Tuesday, an amphibious assault ship of the Pacific Fleet, Russian Navy, is arriving at the Sakhalin-based seaport of Korsakov from Vladivostok.
  • SUKHOI CHIEF ON RRJ PROGRAM RIA Novosti 05 Apr 2005 -- "Our relations with French firms are developing more than successfully," Mikhail Pogosyan, general director of the Sukhoi aircraft concern, has told RIA Novosti. And he knows that he is talking about.
  • CIS AIR DEFENSE EXERCISE PROVES ITS CAPABILITY RIA Novosti 05 Apr 2005 -- The command-and-staff exercise for control and air defense agencies of the united air defense system of the Commonwealth of Independent States is over with success.
  • COMBINED CIS AIR DEFENSE EXERCISE IN THE PIPELINE RIA Novosti 05 Apr 2005 -- The exercise of the CIS Combined Air Defense System is to involve 56 fixed-wing and one rotary-wing aircraft, Colonel-General Boris Cheltsov, chief of staff of the Russian Air Force (RusAF), told RIA Novosti on Tuesday.
  • RUSSIA TO HELP UN HOLD GEORGIAN-ABKHAZ MEETING RIA Novosti 05 Apr 2005 -- Russia is ready to help the UN Secretary General's special envoy organize Georgian-Abkhaz meetings, official spokesman for the Russian Foreign Ministry Alexander Yakovenko told RIA Novosti ahead of the Geneva session of the Group of Friends of the UN Secretary General on Georgia scheduled for April 7-8.
  • Russia major strategic partner: Indian defense minister IRNA 05 Apr 2005 -- India's Defense Minister Pranab Mukherjee has said Russia continues to be India's major strategic partner, reported Pioneer News Service of New Delhi.
  • Russia: Kremlin Chief Of Staff Warns Of Potential Disintegration RFE/RL 05 Apr 2005 -- The Kremlin's chief of staff, Dmitry Medvedev, is warning that Russia risks disintegration as a state unless the country's elites rally around the government. Medvedev's dramatic comments, which he made in an interview to a Russian magazine, are eliciting much speculation about why the Kremlim is feeling so anxious.
  • AKAYEV'S RESIGNATION NOT TO AFFECT RUSSIAN-KYRGYZ RELATIONS RIA Novosti 04 Apr 2005 -- Akayev's resignation will not cause deterioration of Russian-Kyrgyz relations, said Tashkul Kereksizov, a representative of the Kyrgyz opposition, who arrived in Moscow to accept Akayev's resignation.
  • RUSSIA DID NOT PLAN TO INTERFERE IN KYRGYZ AFFAIRS RIA Novosti 04 Apr 2005 -- "We did not examine any theoretical plans for interfering in Kyrgyz affairs," Nikolai Bordyuzha, Secretary-General of the Collective Security Treaty Organization, told Rossia TV channel April 3.
  • HUMAN RIGHTS: THE KEY BATTLEFIELD IN CHECHNYA RIA Novosti 04 Apr 2005 -- In late March 2005, a jury in Grozny, the capital of once separatist Chechnya, issued a guilty verdict against a Russian serviceman accused of severely beating a local Chechen who later disappeared.
  • THREE MILITANTS DETAINED, ONE KILLED IN CHECHNYA RIA Novosti 04 Apr 2005 -- In a special operation in Chechnya, three militants from Shamil Basaev's and Doku Umarov's gangs have been detained and one was killed, the North Caucasian counterterrorist operation's press service said.
  • MASKHADOV'S DEATH HAS NOT SERIOUSLY CHANGED SITUATION IN CHECHNYA RIA Novosti 04 Apr 2005 -- After the killing of the leader of Chechen separatists, Aslan Maskhasdov, the situation in the Chechen republic has not seriously changed. An adviser to the Russian President, Aslanbek Aslakhanov, spoke about it at the news conference in the capital.
  • RUSSIA KYRGYZSTAN VOA 04 Apr 2005 -- After more than a decade in power, Kyrgyzstan's long-time leader, Askar Akayev, is resigning. Mr. Akayev signed a resignation agreement Sunday in Moscow, where he fled during an anti-government uprising last month that followed disputed parliamentary elections.
  • RUSSIA/KYRGYZSTAN VOA 03 Apr 2005 -- Kyrgyzstan's ousted president, Askar Akayev, has agreed to resign from his post. Mr. Akayev fled into exile to Russia last week, after opposition supporters took over government buildings in the country's capital Bishkek.
  • EU/RUSSIA VOA 01 Apr 2005 -- Russia has signaled that it is prepared to work with the European Union to resolve conflicts in former Soviet states where it has previously resisted outside influence.
  • AIR MARSHALS TO APPEAR ON INTERNATIONAL ROUTES? RIA Novosti 01 Apr 2005 -- Russian Interior Minister Rashid Nurgaliev is in for Russia's having armed air marshals at international routes. He said so in the interview to Channel One of Russian television on Friday.
  • MILITARY HELICOPTER ACCIDENT IN SIBERIA RIA Novosti 01 Apr 2005 -- In the Siberian military district, a Mi-24P helicopter of the Russian Defense Ministry has crashed during tactical air exercises, RIA Novosti learnt from the Russian Air Force press service.
  • MOSCOW ANTICIPATED KYRGYZSTAN DEVELOPMENTS? RIA Novosti 01 Apr 2005 -- Russia neither missed the Kyrgyz developments, nor betrayed Akayev, head of the international committee of the Federation Council (upper chamber of the Russian parliament) Mikhail Margelov said.
  • RUSSIA PENSIONS OFF MISSILES RIA Novosti 01 Apr 2005 -- Today, the Strategic Missile Force of Russia, acting on the defense minister's orders, will start liquidating two divisions in Kartaly, the Chelyabinsk region, and Kostroma.
  • BLACKSEAFOR TO CONDUCT EXERCISE SOON RIA Novosti 01 Apr 2005 -- The Black Sea Naval Cooperation Task Group (Blackseafor), which comprises Russian, Bulgarian, Georgian, Romanian, Turkish and Ukrainian warships, is to conduct an exercise in the near future.
  • MASKHADOV WAS KILLED BY HIS OWN MEN RIA Novosti 01 Apr 2005 -- Chechen separatist leader Aslan Maskhadov was shot by his men who were with him in the bunker. They did it on his request, Nikolai Shepel, the Deputy Prosecutor General, told reporters.
  • MILITANT DETAINED IN CHECHNYA RIA Novosti 01 Apr 2005 -- A member of militant Abu al-Walid's gang was detained in the Novoterskoye settlement in Chechnya, the United Press Center of the Regional Operational Staff (ROSh) in charge of the counterterrorist operation in the North Caucasus.
  • MILITANTS SHOOT AT POLICEMEN IN CHECHNYA RIA Novosti 01 Apr 2005 -- Militants have shot at Grozny's regional interior department officers, RIA Novosti was told by a source in the Chechen Interior Ministry.
  • TWO RUSSIAN POLICEMEN TO JOIN PEACEKEEPING MISSION IN CONGO RIA Novosti 01 Apr 2005 -- Two Russian policemen will join the UN peacekeeping mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo, the press service of the Russian Interior Ministry reported on Friday.



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