Russia threatens Ukraine gas supply
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posted by zaina19 on February, 2008 as Imperialism
rom: MSN NicknameEagle_wng (Original Message) Sent: 2/8/2008 6:55 AM Russia threatens Ukraine gas supply THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 07, 2008 Viktor Yushchenko, Ukraine's president, is to visit Moscow on Tuesday [AFP] Gazprom, Russia's state gas company, has threatened to halt gas supplies to Ukraine over the non-payment of $1.5bn for earlier deliveries. Sergei Kupriyanov, a Gazprom spokesman, said: "If the Ukrainian side does not settle the problem on Monday, Gazprom will have to stop supplies of Russian gas to Ukraine." Gazprom, the world's largest gas producer, supplies a quarter of Europe's gas needs via Ukraine and Belarus. Previous pricing disputes have led to cuts in deliveries to Europe, but the EU said Gazprom had given assurances not to interrupt supplies this time. 'Just' increase Russia imposed the first in a series of steep increases in the price of gas for Ukraine in early 2006. A price dispute then briefly halted supplies and disrupted flows to Gazprom's European customers. Yulia Tymoshenko, Ukraine's ... >> full
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Gazprom may stop Russian gas deliveries to Ukraine on Feb 12
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posted by zaina19 on as Imperialism
From: MSN NicknameEagle_wng (Original Message) Sent: 2/9/2008 12:52 AM Gazprom may stop Russian gas deliveries to Ukraine on Feb 12 08.02.2008, 22.54 MOSCOW, February 8 (Itar-Tass) -- Friday negotiations between Gazprom and Neftegaz Ukrainy did not bring results because the Ukrainian company was not ready to discuss the debts. Thus, Gazprom will stop supplying Russian gas to Ukraine at 10:00 a.m. Moscow time on February 12 if the debts are not paid, Gazprom spokesman Sergei Kupriyanov told Itar-Tass. “The meeting showed that the Ukrainian side was totally unprepared to discuss the essence of the problem. Igor Didenko was fully informed about the Gazprom position, and that was the end of the negotiations,” he said. “We give them time until Monday. If the problem is not resolved, Russian gas will not be supplied to Ukraine starting from 10:00 a.m. Moscow time on Tuesday, February 12,” he said. In his words, the Ukrainian debt for Russian gas ... >> full
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Military Spending Gets Second Look
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posted by zaina19 on as Imperialism
From: MSN NicknameEagle_wng (Original Message) Sent: 2/9/2008 5:49 AM © RIA Novosti Military Spending Gets Second Look 17/01/2008 MOSCOW - The Russian defense industry, like any modern institution, plans ahead. Thus Yuri Baluyevsky, chief of the General Staff of Russia's armed forces, told a Federation Council meeting in mid-November 2007 that "we have already started creating a new program to last until 2020." As a result, this year promises a lot in armaments, both strategic and conventional. At the end of December, General Nikolai Makarov, chief of armaments and deputy minister of defense, said that the first nuclear submarine armed with the Bulava missile would join the navy this year. He also revealed that an entirely new tank would start entering service in 2009, following its tests this year. That is all fine if Russia is really going to play a key role in global affairs. But there is another question concerning the new armory: Why ... >> full
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Japan says Russian plane violated airspace, Russia denies
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posted by zaina19 on as Imperialism
From: MSN NicknameEagle_wng (Original Message) Sent: 2/9/2008 5:26 AM Japan says Russian plane violated airspace, Russia denies 14:23 | 09/ 02/ 2008 MOSCOW, February 9 (RIA Novosti) - Japan's Defense Ministry said Saturday a Russian bomber briefly violated the country's airspace early in the morning, but Russia denied the reports, saying its Air Force flight was in line with international regulations. The Japanese Foreign Ministry issued a protest to the Russian embassy in Tokyo over the alleged incident with a Tu-95 Bear strategic bomber taking place over the Sofugan pinnacle several hundred miles south of Tokyo which prompted 24 Japanese fighters, including F-15s, to take off. But the Russian Air Force denied the reports. "Our strategic aviation aircraft did not violate Japan's airspace," deputy commander Lt. Gen. Igor Sadofyev said. Earlier today, Colonel Alexander Drobyshevsky, an aide to the Air Force commander, said Russia's Tu-95 bombers successfully completed a more than ... >> full
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S-400 missile defence systems to be deployed in N-W Russia
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posted by zaina19 on as Imperialism
From: MSN NicknameEagle_wng (Original Message) Sent: 2/9/2008 6:08 AM S-400 missile defence systems to be deployed in N-W Russia Moscow | Friday, Feb 8 2008 IST Russia has announced the deployment of state-of-the-art advanced S-400 anti-aircraft/ anti-missile systems in the north-west region in the near future. ''S-300 systems, currently in service in north-west Russia, will soon be replaced by the new S-400 Triumf (SA-21 Growler) system,'' Leningrad Region Air Force and Air Defence Army commander Lt General Vladimir Sviridov told RIA Novosti news agency. The S-400 is designed to intercept and destroy airborne targets at a distance of up to 400 kilometres, twice the range of the US MIM-104 Patriot and 2.5 times that of the S-300PMU-2. The S-400 Triumf is to form the core of Russia's theatre air and missile defences through 2020, or even 2025. Russia had earlier said that it would deploy a second S-400 regiment at the end of ... >> full
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