Olympic Medals Prove Elusive for Russia – NYTimes.com

Posted by Matt in February 19th, 2010 | 1 comment

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MOSCOW — The Olympics are not even half over, but Russia seems to be suffering a collective panic attack over the lackluster performance of its athletes.
“Russian Olympians Lose Historic Superiority” was the front-page headline on Thursday in Kommersant, an influential newspaper. Some politicians and commentators are calling for the firing of Russia’s sports minister and [...]

France implores Moscow to cancel sale of missiles to Iran – Haaretz – Israel News

Posted by Matt in September 10th, 2009 | no comment

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France called on Russia Thursday not to complete the sale of advanced air defense missiles to Iran.
Meanwhile in Israel, the dust has not yet settled over the secret visit of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to Moscow on Monday, reportedly over the same issue. Thursday, the Russian daily Kommersant quoted Kremlin sources as confirming Netanyahu’s visit [...]

The strange story of MiG-31s for Syria

Posted by Matt in June 25th, 2007 | no comment

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Moscow’s respected business daily Kommersant reported that Russia’s arms-trading monopoly Rosoboronexport has begun to fulfill an arms deal it secretly signed with Syria this year to sell five MiG-31E jet fighters, considered among the best in the world, and an additional unspecified number of the newest MiG-29M/M2 fighter-bombers.
The paper reported the total price to be [...]