The Bulava missile is central to Russia’s plan to revamp its ageing weapons arsenal, but has been dogged by persistent technical problems. Photo by Reuters
Russia To Develop New Nuclear Missiles And Launchers — BBC
Russia will continue developing new nuclear missiles and launchers despite disarmament talks with the US, Russia’s President Dmitry Medvedev says.
“Of course, we will develop new systems, including delivery platforms, or missiles. This is routine practice, the entire world... Read Full Story
COPENHAGEN (Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama and Russian leader Dmitry Medvedev failed to clinch a landmark pact cutting Cold War stocks of nuclear arms on Friday but pledged to keep working for a deal in the New Year. Obama told reporters after meeting Medvedev in the Danish capital that Washington and Moscow were "quite close" to agreement but a senior Kremlin official later said that talks would continue in January after a Christmas break. "There will be a little break -- they (the... Read Full Story
WASHINGTON/MOSCOW (Reuters) - President Barack Obama and Russian President Dmitry Medvedev will meet on Friday during a global climate conference in Copenhagen to discuss rocky efforts to reach a new nuclear arms reduction treaty. With U.S. and Russian negotiators still grappling with differences over any final deal, a senior U.S. official said there were "still no real prospects for a signing" when the two leaders meet. The talks in the Danish capital follow Russia's call on Thursday for... Read Full Story
Russia on Thursday accused the United States of slowing down talks to agree a new nuclear weapons disarmament treaty, after officials admitted the two sides could no longer sign the accord this year. US and Russian officials have been holding intense talks in Geneva on replacing the 1991 Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty which led to deep cuts in their nuclear arsenals but expired on December 5 without a replacement. "In the past couple of days we have noted a slowdown in the positions of the... Read Full Story
NATO chief Anders Fogh Rasmussen on Wednesday asked Russian leaders to send more helicopters to back the Afghan campaign, after talks aimed at ending Moscow's rift with the transatlantic alliance. "Today I have invited Russia to strengthen Russia's terms of cooperation in Afghanistan," the NATO secretary general told reporters in the Kremlin after talks with President Dmitry Medvedev. Rasmussen said he had presented Russian leaders with a list of "concrete proposals" on helping NATO as it... Read Full Story
TBILISI (Reuters) - Diggers tore into a Soviet World War Two memorial in Georgia on Thursday to make way for a new parliament in the former Soviet republic, angering Russia and opponents of pro-Western President Mikheil Saakashvili. Saakashvili wants parliament sessions to be relocated to Georgia's second city of Kutaisi under an initiative to revitalize the former industrial hub. But the demolition of a 46-meter-high concrete and bronze war memorial at the proposed construction site has... Read Full Story
NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen on Wednesday hailed a "new beginning" in the transatlantic alliance's relations with Moscow after they were badly strained by last year's Georgia crisis. "I think that this autumn represents a new beginning in our relationship," said Rasmussen at a meeting with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov in Moscow. Rasmussen was aiming to rebuild trust with Russia at the high-level talks, on the first visit by a head of the Western alliance since the... Read Full Story
MOSCOW (Reuters) - NATO Secretary-General Anders Fogh Rasmussen asked Russia on Wednesday to give the Western military alliance more help in Afghanistan but failed to get an immediate pledge of assistance from the Kremlin. On his first visit to Moscow since taking office on August 1, the NATO chief told senior officials that the bitter rows of recent years should not blind Russia to a common security threat from Taliban insurgents in Afghanistan. Russia views Cold War adversary NATO with... Read Full Story
NATO chief Anders Fogh Rasmussen was aiming to rebuild trust with Russia in high-level talks in Moscow on Wednesday, on the first visit by a head of the Western alliance since the Georgia crisis. Furious disputes over Russia's actions during its war with Georgia last year plunged Moscow-NATO ties to a post-Cold War low, but Rasmussen has sought to restore cooperation with Russia since taking office in August. "Given the announcements by the new NATO secretary general about increasing the... Read Full Story
NATO chief Anders Fogh Rasmussen was to meet Russian leaders Wednesday in Moscow, the first visit by a head of the Western military alliance since the Georgia war blew a Cold War chill through ties. Furious disputes over Russia's actions in its war with Georgia last year led to a halt in cooperation between the two sides, but Rasmussen has vowed to rebuild trust since taking office in August. "Given the announcements by the new NATO secretary general about increasing the quality of... Read Full Story
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