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Das System Putin mit der Einheitspartei "Einiges Russland" und der neuen macht der Zentralgewalt weist politische Parallelen zum kommunistischen Regime der Vergangenheit auf.

http://www.heise.de/tp/r4/artikel/26/26819/1.html

Jonathan Marcus, reporting for BBC News, writes, "Russia has gone ahead with plans to suspend its participation in one of the key arms control agreements dating from the Cold War."

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/121207F.shtml

Rocket force officials confirmed the test was part of a trial of new equipment that can pierce anti-missile defences.

http://snipurl.com/1v2ji


From Information Clearing House

Russian President Vladimir Putin has promised new nuclear weapons as part of Moscow's military build-up, saying the experience of Iraq showed the need for resource-rich countries to keep strong defences.

http://www.stuff.co.nz/4242863a12.html


From Information Clearing House

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2007/09/16/politics/main3265106.shtml


Informant: Kev Hall



http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=missile

MSNBC

09/11/07

The Russian military has successfully tested what it described as the world’s most powerful non-nuclear air-delivered bomb, Russia’s state television reported Tuesday. It was the latest show of Russia’s military muscle amid chilly relations with the United States. Channel One television said the new weapon, nicknamed the ‘dad of all bombs,’ is four times more powerful than the U.S. ‘mother of all bombs’...

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/20730691/


Informant: Thomas L. Knapp

Russia will carry out a second deployment of new intercontinental ballistic missiles in December as part of President Vladimir Putin's programme to modernise nuclear defences, local media reported on Saturday.

http://thenews.jang.com.pk/daily_detail.asp?id=70649


From Information Clearing House

Russia is back as a global player, and it is no longer a starry-eyed admirer of the United States.

http://www.moscowtimes.ru/stories/2007/08/29/006.html


From Information Clearing House

http://www.usadaily.com/article.cfm?articleID=64786


Informant: Kev Hall



http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=missile+defense