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  • Taliban influence in Afghanistan to grow Russian agency

    The Taliban influence in Afghanistan may grow after international coalition forces pull out, while rising radicalism in Syria could lead to the country's disintegration, Russian military intelligence agency GRU has said. GRU chief Lt. Gen. Igor Sergun said the situation in Afghanistan poses a "serious challenge to international stability" and that the withdrawal of the International Security ...

  • Russia to build new parliament compound

    A new Russian parliamentary centre will be built in central Moscow, that will house both the upper and lower houses as well as their administrative and support services, an official said. The idea of building such a parliamentary compound has been considered for a while. The upper and lower houses, their administrative and support services are currently scattered around Moscow at over 10 ...

  • Sale of Russian weapons to Syria destabilising Kerry

    The sale of S-300 air defence systems by Russia to Syria would be "destabilising" for the region, US Secretary of State John Kerry said. "S-300 missiles coming from Russia, or other countries, Iranian missiles, are destabilising to the region," Kerry said. "The United States is committed, not only in its defence of Israel, but in its concerns for the region to try to address this ...

  • New Russian spacecraft reusable for up to five flights

    Russia's new reusable spacecraft being developed by the Energia Rocket and Space Corporation will be able to make up to five space flights, the rocket maker said. The spacecraft's technical design has been finalised but is yet to be officially approved, Energia deputy general designer Alexander Chernyavsky said. The new reusable craft is to replace the Soyuz carrier rocket and is expected to ...

  • New light rocket Angara ready for launch

    Russia's first light-class modification Angara 1.2PP carrier rocket is ready for its maiden launch, its manufacturer Khrunichev Center said. The first Angara will be sent to the Plesetsk space centre in northern Russia later this month, the manufacturer said in a statement, but did not give a precise launch date. Meanwhile, the first heavy-class Angara-A5 has been completed and will soon be ...

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Pushing Tin

We are told near the beginning of Pushing Tin that air traffic controllers take more lives into their hands in one shift than surgeons take in their entire careers. No wonder it has the highest rates of clinical depression and alcoholism of any profession. ...

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  • On US request Russian arms dealer held in Lithuania

    Lithuanian security services have arrested a Russian national at the request of the US Justice Department, which suspects him of smuggling export-restricted military equipment. Dmitry Ustinov, 46, was detained over a month ago at Vilnius airport in Lithuania, after he arrived from the US to allegedly negotiate a sales deal for night vision equipment used by the US military, the Delfi news ...

  • Cheruiyot to miss World championships for pregnancy

    Kenya's Vivian Cheruiyot will not be able to defend her 5,000 metres and 10,000 metres titles at this year's Moscow World championships as she is expecting her first child. The runner said in a statement Wednesday that she felt it was "the right time to start a family" at the age of 29, reports Xinhua. Cheruiyot plans to return for the 2014 season and compete in the 2015 World championships in ...

  • Russian rocket wreckage threatens Ecuador satellite

    The Ecuadorian Civil Space Agency issued an alert Wednesday about a possible collision of its Pegaso satellite, launched last month, with the wreckage of a Russian rocket. "ALERT: Possible collision of NEE-01 PEGASO and remains of Russian rocket," appeared Wednesday on the Twitter account of the space agency known as EXA. EXA's director, astronaut Ronnie Nader, published a notice from the ...

  • Patrons pilfering local bars’ pricey Moscow Mule mugs

    Some local watering holes may need to install metal detectors for those on the way out of the bar. Or train their doormen in the fine art of sniffing out copperware being spirited away, hidden in purses and trench coats. Maybe a Moscow Mule user fee is in order. The theft of those lovely tankards is getting absurd. Seattle-area cocktail spots have lost as much as $1,000 worth of the vintage ...

  • Today in History May 24

    Wikicommons The Aurora, 1903. 113 years ago today, on May 24, 1900, the cruiser Aurora was launched by Nicholas II in St. Petersburg. The Aurora has since become synonymous with the Russian Revolution because it was a blank shot fired from this ship that heralded the storming of the Winter Palace in October ...

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