NATO

Finland and Russia Plan Joint Peacekeeping Exercises

Finland and Russia are planning joint peacekeeping exercises, Xinhua news agency reports.

Popularity: 1% [?]

March 9, 2007

US Approves NATO Membership for Ukraine and Georgia

The House of Representatives on Tuesday voted to endorse further enlargement of the NATO alliance which will allow admission of two former Soviet republics — Ukraine and Georgia, the Reuters news agency reports.

Popularity: 1% [?]

March 7, 2007

Israel Fears Russian Anti-Tank Missiles Sale to Syria

Israel is seriously concerned that Russia could sell advanced anti-tank weapon systems to Syria capable of piercing the most modern armour, the Yediot Aharonot newspaper reported Friday.

Popularity: 3% [?]

March 2, 2007

US Army Tests New Missile Against Russian Tank

The U.S. Army and Lockheed Martin have conducted a successful flight test of the missile against a T-72 tank, the Spacewar news agency reported Wednesday.

Popularity: 2% [?]

February 23, 2007

Putin and Yushchenko Seek to Repair Damaged Ties

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Vladimir Putin will seek to improve ties with Ukraine on a visit Friday, in the midst of a power struggle between the former Soviet partner’s president and premier over whether its future lies with Russia or the West, Bloomberg reports.

Popularity: 2% [?]

December 22, 2006

FSB Chief Says New NATO Members Will Spy Against Russia

The chief of Russia’s federal security service FSB, Nikolai Patrushev said his service has repeatedly encountered with “attempts at active operations by the secret services of leading countries in Russia,” Itar-Tass news agency reported Friday.

Popularity: 1% [?]

December 15, 2006

Uzbekistan Returns to Security Alliance of Ex-Soviet Republics

President Islam Karimov of Uzbekistan (L) and President Vladimir Putin of Russia talk at a Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) summit. Photo: REUTERS

Uzbek President Islam Karimov signed a bill Wednesday on restoring the Central Asian country’s membership in a security alliance of former Soviet republics, RIA Novosti news agency reports.

Popularity: 2% [?]

December 13, 2006

Georgia`s Prime Minister in U.S. for Talks on NATO, Russia Relations

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Georgia’s Prime Minister Zurab Nogaideli met US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and US Trade Representative Ambassador Susan C. Schwab in Washington DC Monday, the Associated Press news agency reports.

Popularity: 1% [?]

December 12, 2006

Ukraine’s NATO Entry to Harm Relations With Russia

Ukraine's defence minister Anatoliy Hrytsenko, left, and his Russian counterpart Sergei Ivanov review an honor guard during an official welcome ceremony in Kiev. Photo: AP

Russia`s Defense Minister Sergei Ivanov stated that Ukraine`s NATO entry would strain bilateral relations with Russia, RIA Novosti news agency reported Thursday.

Popularity: 2% [?]

December 7, 2006

NATO Leaders to Gather in Latvia to Discuss Energy Relations With Russia

NATO leaders will study at a summit starting on Tuesday whether the alliance should take more action to avert potential threats to energy supplies, the Reuters news agency reports.

Popularity: 1% [?]

November 28, 2006