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Russian space expert: Russia has nothing to contribute to Lunar Orbital Platform project
The international Lunar Orbital Platform–Gateway (LOP-G) is effectively the US’s project, and its partners, including Russia, cannot offer the US any unique technologies, member-correspondent Andrei Ionin from the Russian Cosmonautics Academy told RIA Novosti.
“After the ISS, the partner countries, including Russia, will have virtually nothing to offer the US when it comes to space – they now have everything we used to have, and enough of their own financial resources,” the expert said.In his …
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Russia begins military exercises in the Crimea
In the annexed Crimea, the Russian military have begun exercises for mastering the detection of enemy vessels, Krym.Realii reports.
The press-service of the Russian Black Sea Fleet reported that the Fleet’s coastal missile systems take part in these exercises. The Russian military currently have the Bastion and Bal coastal missiles systems deployed in the Crimea. Command-staff exercises of the Russian Black Sea Fleet’s missile brigade are conducted at the training site in the Crimea.
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Hungary blocks the meeting of the NATO-Ukraine Commission
For the third time, Hungary vetoed the meeting of the NATO-Ukraine Commission at the level of foreign ministers, Ukrinform reports.
The Hungarian government is apparently making good on its promise to apply "pressure" on Kyiv until it changes the law on education that was passed in autumn. Hungary believes that the newly-adopted law violates the rights of national minorities to study in their languages.
At the beginning of the year, Hungarian Foreign Minister Péter Szijjártó said that the …
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Russian companies under sanctions ask Kremlin for $1.6 billion in aid
The Russian companies suffering from the most recent round of US sanctions have asked the government for roughly 100 billion rubles ($1.6 billion) in assistance, reported Russian Finance Minister Anton Siluanov.
According to him, in one of the ministries a structure will be created that will communicate directly with the enterprises under sanctions, including Rusal and the power stations that service it, and draft proposals for the government on the basis of the received information.
The …
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Russia may start supplying Syria with S-300 missile systems
Russia has the technical capability to supply Syria with S-300 anti-air missile systems within a month, by using what the Russian military department has available and carrying out the necessary modifications, TASS reported with reference to a military diplomatic source.
According to the source, there are two ways that S-300s could be sent to Syria. One would be to produce systems of the export variety, but then Syria would only receive them in one and a half to two years. The other option …