Two of the working groups within the joint U.S. – Russian commission established on Monday will have special interest for the cooperation in the Barents Region. The two goups will focus on nuclear energy and safety - and energy and environmental issues.
Despite economic crisis and major cuts in public spending, Russia will next year increase its spending on new military equipment and upgrades with 1,2 percent to a total of 470 billion RUB.
Regional leaders all over Northwest Russia have heightened the state of security on their respective territories following the terrorist attacks in Moscow and the North Caucasus.
We are undertaking serious efforts to bring the shipbuilding industry out of crisis, President Dmitry Medvedev highlighted in yesterday’s Security Council session devoted to the sector. “Russia was and, I hope, will always be a leading maritime power”, the President underlined.
A total of three test launches of the Bulava missile will be conducted starting from late September, Russian Defence Minister Anatoly Serdyukov confirms.
The Sevmash shipyard in Severodvinsk reports that modernization of the nuclear cruiser “Admiral Nakhimov”, one of Russia’s largest naval vessels, will start in 2011.
