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April 2006 - Russia Special Weapons News
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- Russian arms exporter takes aim at Latin American markets RIA Novosti 28 Apr 2006 -- Rosoboronexport, Russia's state-controlled arms exporter, is looking to strengthen its positions on markets in Latin America, a company official said Friday.
- Foiled Caucasus attacks ordered by Mideast terror groups - FSB RIA Novosti 28 Apr 2006 -- Terrorist attacks averted by Russia's security forces in the south of the country were ordered by networks in the Mideast and Central Asia, a senior security-service official said Friday.
- Russia pushing ban on illegal production of Kalashnikov rifles RIA Novosti 28 Apr 2006 -- Russia's state-controlled arms exporter will push to stop the illegal production and supplies of Kalashnikov assault rifles, a company spokesman said Friday.
- Militant group preparing May 9 attack eliminated in south Russia RIA Novosti 27 Apr 2006 -- A group of militants preparing an attack on May 9 - when Russia celebrates the end of World War II - has been eliminated in southern Russia, the country's domestic security service said Thursday.
- NATO in Ukraine, Georgia to reorient Russia military potentials RIA Novosti 27 Apr 2006 -- NATO enlargement and the accession of Ukraine and Georgia to the bloc is a sensitive issue for Russia, which will need to spend considerable sums to reorient its military capabilities, the Foreign Ministry said Thursday.
- New warheads to guarantee Russian security until 2030 - Ivanov RIA Novosti 26 Apr 2006 -- The test launch of a ballistic missile equipped with new warheads has shown that Russia can be confident of its own security until at least 2030, the defense minister said Wednesday.
- Russia to deploy planes at Tajikistan's Aini airbase RIA Novosti 26 Apr 2006 -- Russia's 201st motorized infantry division in Tajikistan will redeploy its helicopters and planes to the Aini airbase near the country's capital, Tajik state-owned air company Tojikiston said Wednesday.
- Shanghai group to hold anti-terror exercises in Russia in 2007 RIA Novosti 26 Apr 2006 -- Russia's defense minister said Wednesday that the six member countries of a regional security grouping would conduct anti-terrorism exercises in Russia next year.
- CIS air defense conducts command-and-staff exercises RIA Novosti 25 Apr 2006 -- The integrated air defense network of a group of former Soviet republics Tuesday started large-scale training exercises, a senior air force officer said.
- Russian ballistic missiles to be equipped with new warhead RIA Novosti 24 Apr 2006 -- Russia's land and sea-based ballistic missiles will be equipped with the same type of a new warhead, the defense minister said Monday commenting on a successful test launch conducted over the weekend.
- Eight-nation CIS air defense exercises to start April 25 RIA Novosti 24 Apr 2006 -- A group of former Soviet republics will conduct air-defense exercises as part of an integrated air-defense system, a senior air force official said Monday.
- Russia for building up Kyrgyzstan airbase - Putin RIA Novosti 24 Apr 2006 -- Russia plans to reinforce its airbase in the Central Asian republic of Kyrgyzstan, President Vladimir Putin said Monday after talks with his Kyrgyz counterpart.
- Russia's uranium enrichment offer still on table - official RIA Novosti 23 Apr 2006 -- Russia's proposal for joint uranium enrichment is still on the negotiating table, an official spokesman for the Iranian Foreign Ministry said Sunday.
- Russian bombers flew undetected across Arctic - AF commander RIA Novosti 22 Apr 2006 -- Russian military planes flew undetected through the U.S. zone of the Arctic Ocean to Canada during recent military exercises, a senior Air Force commander said Saturday.
- Analysis: Is The Kremlin Looking To Dissolve Ethnic Republics? RFE/RL 21 Apr 2006 -- The 16 April referendum on merging southeastern Siberia's Irkutsk Oblast with Ust-Orda Buryat Autonomous Okrug offered the Kremlin a green light to reshape part of the federation, as voters cast their ballots in favor of the proposed reunification
- Russia-Belarus air defense to be finalized by year's end-Ivanov RIA Novosti 21 Apr 2006 -- Russia and Belarus could start integrating their air defense systems by the end of the year, the Russian defense minister said Friday.
- Duma passes bill cutting military service, deferments RIA Novosti 21 Apr 2006 -- The lower house of the Russian parliament adopted in the first reading Friday a bill canceling nine call-up deferments and reducing the military service term from 24 to 12 months.
- Joint security exercises to be held in southern Russia RIA Novosti 21 Apr 2006 -- Joint command and post exercises of Russia's security agencies will start Monday in the Southern Federal District, Interior Ministry officials said Friday.
- Russia Will Not Agree to Iran Sanctions Without Proof VOA 21 Apr 2006 -- Russia says again it will not agree to sanctions against Iran until Moscow sees hard evidence that Tehran's nuclear program is not for peaceful purposes.
- Wrap: Russia remains opposed to sanctions, force against Iran RIA Novosti 21 Apr 2006 -- Russia said Friday that Moscow remained firmly opposed to sanctions or the use of force against Iran as a means to resolve the crisis over its nuclear program.
- Restored trust to help Iran develop nuclear energy - official RIA Novosti 21 Apr 2006 -- Restored confidence in Iran's controversial nuclear program will allow Tehran to develop civilian nuclear power, a deputy foreign minister of Russia said Friday.
- Moscow rejects US call for ending Iran-Russia nuclear cooperation IRNA 20 Apr 2006 -- Russian Foreign Ministry spokesman, Mikhail Kamynin here Thursday said that the call of US Undersecretary of State Nicolas Burns on Russia to stop nuclear cooperation with Iran is illegal.
- First group of Russian peacekeepers flies to Sudan RIA Novosti 20 Apr 2006 -- The first group of Russian peacekeepers has flown to Sudan from an airfield in the Tver region, the Air Force press service said Thursday.
- Russia's Iran uranium enrichment JV offer still stands - Kiriyenko RIA Novosti 20 Apr 2006 -- A Russian offer to enrich uranium on its soil for Iran's controversial nuclear program under a joint venture is still on the table for discussion, Russia's top nuclear power official said Thursday.
- Russia says only UN can tell it to stop Iran nuclear cooperation RIA Novosti 20 Apr 2006 -- Only the UN Security Council has the right to demand that Russia suspend nuclear cooperation with Iran, a Foreign Ministry spokesman said Thursday.
- Russia will deliver air defense systems to Iran - top general RIA Novosti 19 Apr 2006 -- chief of the General Staff said Wednesday that Russia would honor its commitments on supplying military equipment to Iran.
- Russian FM says Moscow talks brought no decision on Iran RIA Novosti 19 Apr 2006 -- Russia's foreign minister said Wednesday that diplomats from Russia, the United States, China, and the EU-3 did not reach a decision on specific measures relating to Iran's controversial nuclear program at talks in Moscow Tuesday.
- Russia Says Iran Must Halt All Uranium Enrichment RFE/RL 19 Apr 2006 -- Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov today said Iran must heed international calls to halt all uranium enrichment activities.
- Russia Urges Iran to Halt Uranium Enrichment VOA 19 Apr 2006 -- Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov says Iran must heed the international call to stop work linked to controversial uranium enrichment, if it hopes to find a way out of the tense standoff over its nuclear program.
- Lavrov asks Iranian counterpart to suspend uranium enrichment RIA Novosti 18 Apr 2006 -- The Russian foreign minister has asked his Iranian counterpart to make a pause in its uranium enrichment activities.
- Russia Opposes Iran Nuclear Sanctions as Six-Party Talks Begin VOA 18 Apr 2006 -- Russia says it still opposes sanctions against Iran for its nuclear program, as senior diplomats from six countries began talks in Moscow
- Pacific Fleet conducts large-scale maneuvers in Far East RIA Novosti 18 Apr 2006 -- More than 30 surface ships and submarines are taking part in large-scale naval exercises in Russia's Far East, the press service of the Pacific Fleet said Tuesday.
- Air Force to get 5 night-capable helicopters RIA Novosti 18 Apr 2006 -- The Air Force will put five night-capable combat helicopters into service this year under a long-term army overhaul program, a senior military official said Tuesday.
- Russia, Belarus to discuss joint military exercises April 21 RIA Novosti 17 Apr 2006 -- Russian and Belarusian defense officials will hold talks April 21 on holding joint military exercises in June of this year, the defense minister said Monday.
- Ukraine proposes additional agreement on Russian naval bases RIA Novosti 17 Apr 2006 -- Ukraine wants to make a treaty on the presence of Russian naval bases on its territory more transparent by signing an additional agreement, a senior official said Monday.
- Designer announces changes in Russian nuclear missiles RIA Novosti 14 Apr 2006 -- Russia will announce changes in its strategic nuclear capability by the end of the year, said Yury Solomonov, head and chief designer of the Moscow Institute of Thermal Technology (MITT), the designer of ground- and sea-launched nuclear missiles.
- When will the U.S. lift restrictions on Russian uranium exports? RIA Novosti 14 Apr 2006 -- Late last week Moscow hosted the fourth national energy forum on "Russia's Fuel and Energy Sector in the 21st Century."
- Strategic Air Command maneuvers end in Russia's Far East RIA Novosti 14 Apr 2006 -- Russian Strategic Air Command has concluded a series of command-and-staff exercises involving launches of cruise missiles in the Far East, an Air Force spokesman said Friday.
- Wrap: Russia plans to modernize its missile forces by 2015 RIA Novosti 13 Apr 2006 -- A leading missile designer said Thursday that Russia's sea- and land-based missile groups would be re-equipped by 2015 and the Strategic Missile Forces would have 2,000 warheads by 2020.
- Russia's missile forces to have 2,000 warheads by 2020 - expert RIA Novosti 13 Apr 2006 -- Russia's Strategic Missile Forces will have at least 2,000 warheads in use by 2020, a senior military expert said Thursday.
- First mobile Topol-M missile regiment to be put on combat duty in 2006 RIA Novosti 13 Apr 2006 -- Russia's first missile regiment equipped with mobile Topol-M ballistic missile systems will be put on combat duty in 2006, the missile's chief designer said Thursday.
- Bulava missiles could be deployed in 2008 - chief designer RIA Novosti 13 Apr 2006 -- Sea-based Bulava ballistic missiles could be deployed on the Yury Dolgoruky nuclear submarine in 2008, after three additional years of testing, the project's chief designer said Thursday.
- Tbilisi will confirm Gudauta base closure only after check RIA Novosti 13 Apr 2006 -- Georgia said Thursday it would confirm the withdrawal of a Russian military base in the country only after inspecting the site.
- Russia Joins Call for Iran to Halt Nuclear Program VOA 12 Apr 2006 -- Russia has joined Germany, France and the United States in calling for Iran to halt its nuclear program, one day after its president said Tehran had successfully enriched uranium for the first time
- Russia, EU Denounce Iran's Nuclear Announcement VOA 12 Apr 2006 -- Russia and the European Union have joined the United States in condemning Iran's nuclear program, one day after Tehran said it had succeeded in enriching uranium to a level used in nuclear power plants.
- Russia's uranium enrichment offer to Iran still valid - FM RIA Novosti 11 Apr 2006 -- Russia said Tuesday that an offer to enrich uranium for Iran's nuclear power plants was still open and that it looked forward to planned talks between the U.S. and the Islamic Republic.
- Russian FM: Iran's nuke dossier should be solved through negotiations IRNA 11 Apr 2006 -- Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov on Tuesday underlined that in order to prevent new crises in the region, Iran's nuclear dossier should be merely resolved through political negotiations.
- Russia prepares lunar program to recover energy resources RIA Novosti 11 Apr 2006 -- Russia is preparing to launch an ambitious lunar project which could provide access to alternative energy resources, a company involved in the project said Tuesday.
- Russian guided by security interests in LEU deliveries to India RIA Novosti 08 Apr 2006 -- Russia delivers low-enriched uranium to India while being guided by security interests, the head of Russia's nuclear power agency said Saturday.
- Charges dropped against Russian scientist in Swedish spy scandal RIA Novosti 07 Apr 2006 -- All charges against the Russian scientist accused of spying in Sweden have been dropped and the scientist released from custody, a source in Russia's Foreign Ministry said Friday.
- Sweden Releases Russian Researcher RFE/RL 07 Apr 2006 -- Sweden has released a Russian researcher detained nearly two months ago on suspicion of spying, after prosecutors found no grounds to press charges.
- Limits on Russian nuclear fuel supplies to U.S. unprofitable RIA Novosti 07 Apr 2006 -- Restrictions dating back 15 years on Russia's nuclear fuel supplies to the United States are unprofitable for both countries, a senior official with Russia's nuclear-technology exporter said Friday.
- Russia to pull out of An-70 plane production RIA Novosti 07 Apr 2006 -- Russia is withdrawing from a joint program with Ukraine to produce An-70 aircraft, the head of the country's air force said Friday.
- Russian govt. to spend more on space in 2006-15 - official RIA Novosti 07 Apr 2006 -- Government spending on space programs will increase in the next ten years, the country's top space official said Friday.
- Russia to send large landing ship to Blackseafor exercises RIA Novosti 06 Apr 2006 -- A large amphibious landing ship from Russia's Black Sea Fleet will participate in multinational exercises on the Black Sea later this month, a naval spokesman said Thursday.
- Lavrov rejects rumors Iranian torpedo was of Russian origin RIA Novosti 05 Apr 2006 -- Russia's foreign minister Wednesday played down speculation that a torpedo tested by Iran had been supplied by Russia.
- Rice: Russia Denies in Writing Giving Saddam Info on US Military VOA 05 Apr 2006 -- Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice says she has a letter from Russia assuring her it did not give Saddam Hussein information on U.S. military plans before the war.
- Russia: Putin Pushes Greater Arms Exports RFE/RL 04 Apr 2006 -- Russian President Vladimir Putin was proud to announce last week that, in 2005, Russia's arms exports, worth $6 billion, exceeded their targets by 25 percent.
- Russian Atomic Energy Agency Chief to visit India IRNA 03 Apr 2006 -- Chief of Russian Federal Atomic Energy Agency, Sergei Kiriyenko will arrive in India on April 6 on a five day visit, it was announced on Monday.
- India receives 60 tons of Russian enriched uranium IRNA 03 Apr 2006 -- India has received first consignment of the promised supply of 60 tons of Russian enriched uranium fuel for the two units of Tarapur Atomic Power plants.
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