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Russian President Dmitry Medvedev dismissed as “unacceptable” Prime Minister Vladimir Putin’s description of Western-led attacks on Libya as a “crusade,” marking their first public foreign-policy dispute. Putin, who spoke amid a visit to Russia by U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates, said the UN resolution and resulting allied offensive amounts to a “medieval call for aContinue reading Putin is Correct and Medvedev is Incorrect…

Russia’s head of the Liberal Democratic Party, Vladimir Zhirinovsky, has appealed to the Nobel Prize Committee to revoke U.S. President Barack Obama’s Nobel Prize, the party’s press service said in a statement on Monday. Obama received the Nobel Peace Prize in 2009 for his commitment to non-proliferation of nuclear weapons. “The situation in Libya isContinue reading Russia’s Zhirinovsky calls to revoke Obama’s Nobel Peace Prize

Reaching an agreement with Russia on cutting the tactical nuclear weapons stockpiles is likely to be a complicated process, Ellen Tauscher, the U.S. Under Secretary of State for Arms Control and International Security Affairs, has said. “Moving missile defense from a negative to a positive factor in our relationship could facilitate cooperation in other areasContinue reading U.S.-Russian talks on tactical nuclear arms cuts will take time

The United States and Russia have begun exchanging information on their nuclear stockpiles under a new U.S.-Russian arms reduction treaty, a senior U.S. official said. “With entry into force of the Treaty, we have begun implementing an extensive regime of mutual monitoring and information exchange,” Rose Gottemoeller, the Assistant Secretary of State for Arms Control,Continue reading Russia, U.S. begin data exchange under New START

RUSSIA * In a rare faceoff with Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, President Dmitry Medvedev said on Monday he stood by Moscow’s decision not to veto the UN Security Council resolution on Libya * The production of ballistic missile systems in Russia will double starting in 2013, Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said * Russia willContinue reading Main news of March 21

Russian President Dmitry Medvedev and U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates will discuss the issues of Russian-U.S. military and technical cooperation, including those related to missile defense, during their meeting in St. Petersburg on Tuesday, the Kremlin has said. “Russian-U.S. relations have reached a very high level, which is proved by the serious results of jointContinue reading Medvedev, Gates to discuss missile defense in St. Petersburg

The United States sees Russia as a full-fledged participant in the European missile defense system, Ellen Tauscher, the U.S. Under Secretary of State for Arms Control and International Security Affairs, has said. “There are a few more key components to our approach that we are applying to our missile defense architecture in Europe,” Tauscher said.Continue reading U.S. welcomes ‘mutually reinforcing’ missile defense cooperation with Russia

The Rules of Accreditation and Stay of Correspondents of Foreign Mass Media on the Territory of the Russian Federation: Decision of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 1055 of September 13, 1994 1. The legal status and professional activity of foreign correspondents accredited in the Russian Federation, including nations of the CIS, shall beContinue reading The Rules of Accreditation and Stay of Correspondents of Foreign Mass Media on the Territory of the Russian Federation…

A missile production plant in southern Siberia has produced enough Bulava ballistic missiles to complete its tests and arm the first Borey class strategic submarine, Deputy Prime Minister Sergei Ivanov said on Monday. “A batch of missiles sufficient to finish the tests and equip one submarine has been produced already. Larger production would cause theContinue reading Russia ready to equip 1st Borey class sub with Bulava missiles

A delegation from the International Olympic Committee (IOC) arrived in Russia’s Black Sea resort city of Sochi on Monday to inspect the country’s preparations for the 2014 Winter Olympic Games. Windows to Russia! Medvedev urges audit of Sochi Olympics spending (rt.com) Fluorescent Bulbs Hit a Wall of Grouchy People in Russia… (windowstorussia.com) Coffee: Russians andContinue reading Preparations for Sochi 2014 Winter Olympic Games