Russia 100526 Basic Political Developments
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http://sp.rian.ru/onlinenews/20100526/126448032.htmlGOOGLE TRANSLATION FROM SPANISH 12:06 | 26 / 05 / 2010 Moscow, May 26, RIA Novosti. Airborne Troops (TAT) formed five rapid reaction battalions, one of which is now in Kyrgyzstan, reported the TAT commander, Lieutenant General Vladimir Shamanov. "The General Staff approved the decision to form five battalions of paratroopers rapid reaction," said the general on Wednesday to press and added that "one of these units now serving missions in Kyrgyzstan." According Shamanov, 70% of the staff of the battalions are professional soldiers with experience in combat missions. Russian President Dmitry Medvedev ordered the Defense Ministry to step up safety installations and Russian citizens in Kyrgyzstan after the unrest in the Central Asian republic in April that left 85 dead and over 1,500 injured and caused the flight of deposed president Kurmanbek Bakiyev. The ministry sent the Russian Kant air base, located in Kyrgyzstan, two companies of paratroopers, a total of 150 personnel. Bloomberg: Russia to Resume Making World’s Largest Cargo Airplane, RIA Sayshttp://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=newsarchive&sid=ag3phnE5NV14 By Lyubov Pronina May 26 (Bloomberg) -- Russia will resume production of the world’s largest mass-produced cargo plane, the Antonov An-124, next year, RIA Novosti reported, citing military officials. Designed as a strategic military freighter, the plane, known as Ruslan, first flew in 1982 and set a world record in 1985 by carrying a payload of 171 metric tons (377,000 pounds) to an altitude of 10,750 meters (35,000 feet). Fifty-six of the jets were manufactured before production stopped after the Soviet Union collapsed in 1991. To contact the reporter on this story: Lyubov Pronina in Moscow at lpronina@bloomberg.net
Rich in natural resources, the Arctic is becoming an increasingly attractive region for business. One of the ways to master the resource base is to revive the Northern Sea Route for shipping. Russia will send a large-capacity tanker in September from Europe to South-East Asia via the Northern Sea Route. According to the country's transport minister, the voyage will show the economic value of taking the shorter seaway rather than going through the Indian Ocean. It is the shortest maritime passage between the Atlantic and the Pacific Ocean. Travelling along the top of Russia's arctic coast takes only two thirds of the time it takes to go through the Suez canal to the south. It also has the advantage of not being frequented by the sorts of pirates that lurk off the coast of Somalia. But going north is not an easy route to travel; thick sea ice makes it all but impassable for normal vessels for most of the year. And although the predicted effects of climate change are reviving the interest of ship owners, the project will still need significant funding, says Aleksandr Davydenko, Head of Federal Agency of Sea and River Transport.
Russia's Norilsk Nickel has constructed its own fleet to carry cargo the year around without needing icebreakers. The company's next step is to build an ice class tanker to transport gas condensate, which is planned for 2011, explains Aleksey Tyukavin, Head of the Murmansk branch of Norilsk Nickel “The cost of this tanker will be around 100 million euro. We're going to export about 100 thousand tonnes of gas condensate from Dudinka to European market.” Russia's northern neighbours are also interested in the project, among them Denmark, the Netherlands and Norway, says Olav Hauge, Project Corridor, Northern Maritime Corridor. “Our focus has been to make an arena for networking between not only Norwegian but also UK and the continent up to the Russian north and the industry in the north including commercial ports, including logistics services.” The amount of transit that could travel the NSR is estimated to be about 9 million tonnes annually. This could be a significant competitive advantage for Northern countries, which will be able to get their products to the large markets in Europe and Asia more quickly and cheaply. Dow Jones: Russian Cargo Ship Traversed Northern Route To Asia –Vedomostihttp://www.easybourse.com/bourse/international/news/838550/russian-cargo-ship-traversed-northern-route-to-asia-vedomosti.html Publié le 25 Mai 2010 Copyright © 2010 Dowjones - DOW JONES NEWSWIRES The company that owns Russia's biggest shipping fleet made a test voyage last September from near the Arctic Circle to Southeast Asia that might provide an alternative to waters threatened by pirates, daily Vedomosti reports Wednesday. Sovcomflot's trip from the White Sea port of Vitino in northwestern Russia to Southeast Asia was a success, the newspaper quoted Transportation Minister Igor Levitin as saying. A Sovcomflot representative stressed that the trip was only an experiment and that regular use of the route isn't planned. He said, however, that oil companies have expressed interest in using the route. The September voyage ferried products made by independent gas producer OAO Novatek (NVTK.RS), he said. Russian officials for years have discussed exploration of Arctic shipping lanes and restoration of the Northern Sea Route linking the Barents Sea to Russia's Pacific coast. Opening or reopening these lanes could reduce reliance on the heavily traveled Suez Canal and Indian Ocean, Levitin said. Newspaper website: www.vedomosti.ru 26 May 2010, 11:56 Interfax: Catholic festivities not best occasion for Pope's visit to Ukraine - Moscow Patriarchatehttp://www.interfax-religion.com/?act=news&div=7303 Moscow, May 26, Interfax - The Moscow Patriarchate has made it understood that the possible visit by Pope Benedict XVI to Ukraine to mark 600th anniversary since the capital city of the Catholic metropolitans was transferred from Galich to Lvov, will not benefit relations between the Russian Orthodox Church and the Vatican. "The celebration of the 600th anniversary since the residence of Galich Catholic metropolitans was moved to Lvov is not the best occasion for the Pontiff's visit to the canonical territory of the Russian Orthodox Church," Priest Dimitry Sizonenko, acting secretary for inter-Christian relations of the Moscow Patriarchate's External Church Relations Department, told Interfax-Religion. Benedict XVI was invited to visit Ukraine in 2012, when the festivities will take place, Archbishop Mieczyslaw Mokrzycki said on Tuesday. Father Dimitry said, however, that the Moscow Patriarchate has not received such information from the Vatican so far. "It would make sense to speak about the Moscow Patriarchate's position on Benedict XVI's visit to Ukraine only after this visit has been officially announced by the Vatican's press service," he said. Relations between the Moscow Patriarchate and the Roman Catholic Church have "significantly improved, and cooperation and cultural exchanges between the two churches have been broadening in international organizations, including in the Council of Europe, the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe and UNESCO," he said. "But obvious progress in Orthodox-Catholic dialog has not eased the poignancy of the unsettled situation in Ukraine's western regions. It is the most painful aspect in our relations. There is however every reason to hope that these problems will be resolved, the Vatican demonstrates a greater understanding today of the Moscow Patriarchate's position," Father Dimitry said.
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