Russia on Monday voiced support for Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, urging the emergency government to take necessary steps to normalize the current situation, Xinhua reported on June 19.
Popularity: 8% [?]
June 19, 2007Iran said Sunday it had received indications from Russia’s president that he would not follow through with an offer to allow the US to use a radar station in neighboring Azerbaijan for missile defense against Teheran.
Popularity: 8% [?]
June 17, 2007Azerbaijan Foreign Minister Elmar Mammedyarov announced his country is ready for talks on Russia-US joint use of the Gabala Radar Station. He made the announcement to reporters in Baku today, REGNUM news agency reports.
Popularity: 4% [?]
June 11, 2007Russian state-owned news channel Russia Today on Thursday began broadcasting in Arabic in 32 Muslim countries, Russian news agencies reported.
Popularity: 2% [?]
May 31, 2007On Wednesday, May 16, Beit Bella synagogue — the only one in modern Estonia — was opened in Tallinn. The building, which served as a synagogue in the beginning of the 20th century, was destroyed during WWII.
Popularity: 3% [?]
May 17, 2007Six U.S. troops and a Russian photographer were killed by a roadside bomb blast in Iraq, the editor of the Russian edition of Newsweek magazine said Monday.
Popularity: 5% [?]
May 7, 2007Russian nuclear contractor Atomstroyexport cannot complete the work on Iran’s Bushehr nuclear power plant by the end of 2007, Igor Ivanov, secretary of Russia’s Security Council said on Tuesday, April 17. Ivanov sited cash crunch and technical problems as reasons for the delay.
Popularity: 3% [?]
April 18, 2007Moscow is displeased with Iranian air defense exercises near a Russian-built nuclear plant, Russia’s Foreign Ministry said on Wednesday.
Popularity: 4% [?]
April 12, 2007According to Russia’s nuclear power plant construction company Atomstroyexport, a group of Russian experts will visit the construction site of Iran’s Bushehr nuclear plant to ensure progress in talks aimed at breaking a stalemate over project financing.
Popularity: 4% [?]
April 9, 2007According to the head of Moscow’s air defenses, General Yuri Solovyov, Iran’s air defense system is strong and the United States will suffer losses if they attack this Middle Eastern country. Solovyev conceded that the U.S. military greatly outweighs the Iranian one and that eventually that would ensure America’s air supremacy.
Popularity: 2% [?]
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