Astana intends to share in the project for the commercial use of the Zenit launch vehicle for approximately $ 100 million to acquire.The Said Talgat Musabayev, head of the National Space Agency of Kazakhstan Kaskosmos, at a meeting of the Quorum of the office on Tuesday. Read more »
Kazakhstan wants to participate in commercial Zenit rocket
Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan show interest in Russian drones
Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan show interest in unmanned aircraft from the production of Russian aircraft maker Irkut.The Irkut spokesman Arkady Gurtowoj said on Tuesday at the edge of the air show with Singapore Airshow 2010. Read more »
Russia: price per barrel of Russian Urals oil increased
The average price for the Russian export Urals oil has risen in January of this year compared to the same month in 2009 to 33.12 U.S. dollars per barrel to $ 75.92.The head of the analytical department at the Russian Ministry of Finance announced, Alexander Sakovich with. Read more »
Decline in GDP in Russia is lower than expected
Russia's gross domestic product has declined in recent years, according to preliminary data, the authorities increased by 7.9 percent. The original forecast had envisaged 8.5 percent.This was announced by the Russian Statistics Office Rosstat reported on Monday. Read more »
Russia ready to supply arms to Iraq
The Iraqi Defense Ministry spokesman, Gen. Mohammed al-Askari, welcomed the declaration Issaikins Anatoli, Russian arms exporter Rosoboronexport Director General of the, about Russia's willingness to weapons to Iraq deliver.The appearing in the Baghdad newspaper Al-Ittihad announced. Read more »
Oil company Lukoil billion deal sealed in Iraq
The Russian company Lukoil has oil on Sunday closed a contract for the development of Iraq's West Qurna oil field-2.CEO Vagit Alekperov put his signature in Baghdad. As the company announced that the drilling should begin in 2011. Read more »
Russian vodka celebrates birthday with “alcohol epidemic
Russian vodka celebrates his 145th on Sunday Birthday. The doctors show shock at the devastating scale of alcohol consumption in the country.At 31 January 1865 has presented the Russian chemist Dmitri Mendeleev, his doctoral thesis on “On the combination of alcohol and water. Read more »
Libya buys weapons in Russia for 1.3 billion euros
Libya bought Russian weapons and military equipment worth a total of 1.3 billion €.”The contract was signed on Friday and includes not only small arms,” said Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin on Saturday during a meeting with the Group General Manager Ischmasch, Vladimir Grodezki in Novo- Ogaryovo near Moscow. Read more »
Russia: Two new oil deposits in one week
For the second time in a week was discovered in the Russian Federation, a new oil deposit.On 27 January, there were still “Rosneft” and the Head of Yuri Umweltinisteriums Trutnjew that this good news to the public were allowed to deliver.In the Irkutsk region was likely to be the words of Mr. Read more »
Russia: crisis impact expected by 2015
Russia, according to Finance Minister Alexei Kudrin overcome the crisis as early as 2012, but wants to fight with anti-crisis measures at least until 2015 with the consequences.”Russia to overcome the crisis in late 2012,” Kudrin said on Friday on the World Economic Forum in Davos. Read more »