Sales of Russian arms hit record levels
Published: 26 December, 2007, 06:41
Russia exported a record $7 billion worth of weapons in 2007, making it one of the world's leading arms traders. And the State plans to increase this figure, injecting more money into the defence sector in the coming years. But in this business, success d
26.12.2007, 06:18
Russia's GLONASS Sat Nav system will be topsThe final three satellites launched as part of Russia's GLONASS, or Global Navigation Satellite System, are now in orbit. They were fired from the Baikonur cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on Tuesday. |
26.12.2007, 07:01
Georgia frees Russian ex-peacekeepersThree former Russian peacekeepers detained by police in the Georgian town of Poti on Sunday have been released and sent home. That's according to CIS peacekeeping officials in the Georgia-Abkhazia conflict zone. |
