DTN News: Russia Top Stories / Headlines News Dated February 27, 2011

DTN News: Russia Top Stories / Headlines News Dated February 27, 2011

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Russia to deploy units on Iturup, Kunashir Islands - defense minister (Update 1)

13:02 26/02/2011

Russia will deploy military units on Iturup and Kunashir, part of the Kuril Islands, Russian Defense Minister Anatoly Serdyukov said on Saturday.

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• Russia confirms plans to supply Syria with Yakhont missiles (Update 1)

  12:39 26/02/2011

  Russian Defense Minister Anatoly Serdyukov said on Saturday Russia has not dropped its plans to supply Syria with Yakhont missiles.

• UAE, Russia sign $74-million contract on modernization of amphibious vehicles

  15:25 24/02/2011

  The United Arab Emirates and Russian state arms exporter Rosoboronexport signed a $74-million contract on the modernization of 135 Russian BMP-3 (amphibious infantry fighting vehicle), UAE Armed Forces official spokesman Major-General Obaid Al Hairi Salem Al Ketbi said on Thursday.

• Russian military abandons defense satellite after failed launch

  13:34 24/02/2011

  The Russian defense ministry said on Thursday it would not use a military satellite that was sent into the wrong orbit earlier this month.

• Russia to buy 1,000 helicopters by 2020

  13:22 24/02/2011

  Russia's Defense Ministry announced plans on Thursday to buy 100 ships, over 600 aircraft and 1,000 helicopters under a 2011-2020 arms procurement program.

• Russia in talks with France on 'future soldier' gear

  13:20 24/02/2011

  Russia is holding talks with France on the purchase of Felin advanced "future soldier" equipment, which includes new combat clothing with body armor and a new ballistic helmet, weapons, and a portable computer.

• Iran's nuclear program

  19:58 22/02/2011

  

  Iran has been under international pressure to halt uranium enrichment, needed both for electricity generation and weapons production. Tehran has repeatedly rejected the demand, insisting it is pursuing a purely civilian program. Several Western powers have called for harsher sanctions against Tehran if it does not agree to halt uranium enrichment.

  

• Russia says S-300 deliveries to Venezuela pending

  11:48 22/02/2011

  Deliveries of S-300 missile defense systems to Venezuela have been delayed, but will go ahead, an official at Rosoboronexport, Russia's state-owned arms export monopoly, said on Tuesday.4

• Medvedev fires FSB deputy chief

  17:09 21/02/2011

  Russian President Dmitry Medvedev has dismissed Federal Security Service (FSB) deputy head Vyacheslav Ushakov over his poor performance, press secretary Natalya Timakova said on Monday.

• Russia to continue military cooperation with Japan

  11:57 21/02/2011

  Russia will not cease military cooperation with Japan or any other countries from the Asia-Pacific Region, a source from the Defense Ministry said on Monday.

• Russia sends delegation to intl. defense expo in UAE

  05:50 19/02/2011

  Russia is sending its delegation to IDEX 2011, an international defense exhibition that will be held in Abu Dhabi, the capital of the United Arab Emirates, on February 20-24.

• Kyrgyz-Russian JV set up to supply jet fuel to U.S. airbase

  17:08 18/02/2011

  Russia and Kyrgyzstan on Friday set up a joint venture to supply jet fuel to a U.S. military airbase outside the capital, Bishkek.

• Russia to start building new S-500 air defense missiles by 2014

  11:55 17/02/2011

  Russia will start serial production of its next-generation S-500 missile system in 2014, an aerospace defense chief said on Thursday.

• Iran deploys two warships to Mediterranean, Israel calls move 'provocation'

  21:24 16/02/2011

  Israeli Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman on Wednesday called the fact of two Iranian warships heading to the Mediterranean Sea through the Suez Canal a "provocation."

• S-400 missiles on Russia's Kuril Islands 'overkill'

  20:23 16/02/2011

  The deployment of advanced medium-range S-400 Triumf missile systems on the disputed Kuril Islands would be excessive and potentially dangerous as they can reach Japanese territory, a Russian military commander said on Wednesday.

• Russia's second S-400 missile unit enters service

  18:07 16/02/2011

  The strategic command of Russia's space defense forces took delivery of its second unit of S-400 Triumf missile systems on Wednesday, which will be based in the Moscow Region, Defense Ministry spokesman Col. Vladimir Drik said.

• Russian, U.S. generals to discuss nuclear terrorism in Lisbon

  14:55 16/02/2011

  Russian and U.S. generals will meet in Lisbon in June to discuss cooperation between the two countries in fighting nuclear terrorism, the head of the Russian Military Commanders Club said on Wednesday.1

• Commander in Russian Mi-28 helicopter crash dies in hospital (Update 1)

  14:46 15/02/2011

  The commander of the Mil Mi-28 Night Hunter attack helicopter, which crashed in the southern Russian region of Stavropol on Tuesday, died at a military hospital, a Russian Ministry of Defense spokesman said.

• Mi-28 helicopter gunship crashes in south Russia

  12:39 15/02/2011

  A Mil Mi-28 Night Hunter attack helicopter crashed in southern Russian region of Stavropol injuring two crew members, a police source told RIA Novosti.

• Russia to deploy modern missile defense systems on disputed Kuril Islands

  09:01 15/02/2011

  Moscow will deploy reinforcements to include short- and long-range air defense missile systems including the latest S-400 Triumf system to the southern Kuril Islands to protect Russia's sovereignty in the Far East, a high-ranking official in the General Staff of the armed forces said on Tuesday.1

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