Russia Confirm Selling Short-Range Missiles to Iran

January 19th, 2007

Russia’s defense minister Sergei Ivanov confirmed Tuesday Russia has sold an unspecified number of short-range Tor-M1 missiles to Iran. This announcement was the first government confirmation from Russia.
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Russia to Switch Energy Relations to Market Basis

January 19th, 2007

Vladimir Putin has said that Moscow is going to switch energy relations with all countries to a market footing, the ITAR-TASS news agency reports.

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India to Host Talks on Military Cooperation With Russia

January 19th, 2007

Indian and Russian government officials will be meeting at the sixth meeting of the Inter-Governmental Commission on Military Technical Cooperation (IRIGC-MTC) on January 24 to boost the military co-operation.

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Russia Accuses Estonia of Dismanting Soviet Monuments

January 19th, 2007

The Estonian authorities’ attempts to legalize the dismantling of monuments to Soviet soldiers are insulting and could have an impact on Russian-Estonian relations, the Russian Foreign Ministry website said on Thursday.

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Russia Launched Cargo Ship to ISS

January 19th, 2007

A Russian Soyuz-U rocket with a Progress M-59 space cargo ship has been launched from the Baikonur space center to the ISS.

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Merkel and Putin to Meet in Sochi for Energy Talks

January 19th, 2007

German Chancellor Angela Merkel flies to a Black Sea resort on Sunday for a one-day meeting with Russia’s Vladimir Putin.

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Russia Cancel Terror Alert

January 19th, 2007

Russian anti-terrorism chiefs have stood down security forces from a state of high alert imposed earlier this week over reports of an imminent attack, an official said on Friday.

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