S-400 vs. MEADS
Tuesday, 05 March 2013 13:24
Modern air defense and missile defense systems are not only an integral part of maintaining security of entire countries, protecting them from the enemy aircraft and missiles, but also a deterrence tool. The effectiveness of attacks and the outcome of the war may depend on the performance characteristics of SAMs...
 
Russia's return to Vietnam
Monday, 04 March 2013 16:31
Russia's Defence Minister, General Sergei Shoigu, has set out to visit Vietnam for talks on military cooperation. He will visit the Cam Ranh naval base in Cam Ranh Bay, a previous maintenance centre for the warships of the Soviet Pacific Fleet. Already in November 2010, the Vietnamese Government had invited Russian experts to update this base,...
 
Abramovich allowed to rebuild 17th century London £100 million mansion
Thursday, 28 February 2013 19:46

Published time: February 28, 2013 18:46

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It’s been three years since the Russian owner of Chelsea football club billionaire Roman Abramovick began a legal battle with London authorities for permission to upgrade his £100million Thames-side home.

The tycoon and the former...

 
Russia must always keep America at gunpoint
Thursday, 28 February 2013 17:12
"Tactical nuclear weapons that are constantly threatening the United States must become the factor that will deter large-scale aggression. Holding it at gunpoint - this is the deterrent," General Colonel in reserve, MGIMO Professor, Leonid Ivashov, said in an interview with Pravda.Ru editor-in-chief Inna Novikova...
 
Shell suspends Arctic drilling for 2013
Thursday, 28 February 2013 14:06

Published time: February 28, 2013 13:06

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After spending over $5 billion on its offshore Alaska operations, oil major Royal Dutch Shell says it has put Arctic drilling on ‘pause’. Last year two serious drilling rig accidents slowed the company's operations in the area.

She...

 
Van Cliburn's star never faded in Russia even as he left the world stage behind
Wednesday, 27 February 2013 23:08

On his last visit to Moscow in 2011, classical pianist was showered with gifts from people who remembered his genius

It was one of those endless summer nights that grace northern Russia when my mother grabbed two friends to occupy a square outside Leningrad's philharmonic. The year was 1965 and the world was awash in Beatlemania. My mother, Ella,...

 
Is Russia's S-300 better than USA's Patriot?
Wednesday, 27 February 2013 16:06
I was once asked in a television interview: "Which anti-aircraft missile system is better: Russia's S-300 or the U.S. Patriot?" Two Iraqi wars, the war in Yugoslavia and other conflicts showed that the Americans were striving for absolute predominance in aviation. They have dozens of AWACS and 30-40 spacecraft of all types....
 
Why is Michael McFaul so sad and upset in Russia?
Monday, 25 February 2013 08:42
U.S. Ambassador to Russia Michael McFaul is again displeased with the Russian media. His negative reaction was provoked by the comments about the death of a three-year-old Maxim Kuzmin in West Texas. The extensive comments on the blog of the American ambassador are made against the critics of the American judicial and law enforcement systems...
 
Russia to write off $35 billion of Cuba's debt
Friday, 22 February 2013 12:33
Russia and Cuba have initialed an agreement to settle Cuba's debt to Russia on the loans that Cuba took from the Soviet Union. In addition, representatives of the two countries signed two agreements on the deliveries of Russian aircraft to Cuba in the amount of $650 million. The Russian delegation arrived on a work visit to Cuba from Brazil...
 
'Was it expensive to launch a meteorite?'
Thursday, 21 February 2013 14:27
Why the meteorite was flying parallel to the ground, why it left the tail, similar to that of rocket fuel, why the explosion was identical to self-destruction of a rocket and why a European weather satellite took pictures of the meteorite tail in the atmosphere, but not in space. Why, in the end, do they look for the meteorite so carefully...
 
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