Russia 110217 Basic Political Developments
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Russia to start building new air defenses by 2014http://en.rian.ru/mlitary_news/20110217/162647016.html 11:55 17/02/2011 Russia will start serial production of its next-generation missile system in 2014, an aerospace defense chief said on Thursday. The S-500 air defense system will be able to track and destroy ballistic missiles with ranges of up to 3,500 kilometers. "[The S-500] is currently in development. By 2014, it should enter into serial production," aerospace defense strategic commander Lt. Gen. Valery Ivanov said. "This system will be able to defend territories at heights of up to 50 kilometers," he added. Russia's aerospace defense troops currently use S-300 and S-400 systems. More air defenses will be deployed around the capital Moscow, Ivanov said. KAPUSTIN YAR, February 17 (RIA Novosti) Russia to Deploy Second S-400 Missile around Moscow Region http://english.cri.cn/6966/2011/02/17/2321s621200.htm
The strategic command of Russia's Space Defense Forces has received its second unit of S-400 Triumph missile systems and would deployed the system in the surrounding region of Moscow, local reports said on Wednesday. So far, the forces have already deployed a unit of S-400 at Electrostal, a city near Moscow. "The hand-over ceremony for the second S-400 will take place at the state firing range in Kapustin Yar from February 16 to 19," said Col. Vladimir Drik, spokesman for Russian Defense Ministry. "The system uses a range of missiles, optimized for engaging ballistic and cruise missiles and hypersonic vehicles," Drik said. The S-400 system consists of two divisions, as each contains eight launch points. Every launch points could blast four missiles. The system, developed on the basis of S-300 missile system, has a maximum range of up to 400 km at an altitude of 40,000 to 50,000 meters. 
Medvedev, Pope to discuss religious ties in Vaticanhttp://en.rian.ru/society/20110217/162643596.html Russian President Dmitry Medvedev will meet with Pope Benedict XVI for the first time on Thursday to discuss bilateral and religious ties, his aide Sergei Prikholdko said. The sides will discuss global affairs and cooperation within the framework of various international organizations. The aide to the Russian president also said the president and the Pontiff will discuss dialog between the Russian Orthodox and Roman Catholic churches. A Russian diplomatic source told RIA Novosti that a meeting between the head of the Russian Orthodox Church, Patriarch Kirill, and the Pope now appears "more realistic" than it did several years ago. He did not say, however, when or where such meeting would take place. Neither Pope Benedict nor his predecessor, Pope John Paul II, visited post-communist Russia. MOSCOW, February 17 (RIA Novosti) Medvedev to visit Vatican to discuss interconfessional dialogue http://www.itar-tass.com/eng/level2.html?NewsID=15962278&PageNum=0 17.02.2011, 01.00 ROME, February 17 (Itar-Tass) -- Russian President Dmitry Medvedev will visit the Vatican on Thursday, February 17, for talks with Pope Benedict XVI and Secretary of State Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone. Medvedev’s wife, Svetlana, will accompany him during the visit. “This will be the first visit to the Holy See by a Russian leader since the establishment of full-fledged diplomatic relations in 2009,” presidential aide Sergei Prikhodko said. He recalled that Russia had raised the level of its representation in the Vatican to embassy. “The biggest part of the discussion will focus on philosophical matters,” the aide said. Among the topics for discussion he named “cooperation in international organisations, interaction between scientific and educational institutions, and work with young people”. “Medvedev and Benedict XVI will dwell specifically on the development of interconfessional dialogue,” Prikhodko said. He said that relations between the Russian Orthodox Church and the Roman Curia might also be discussed. A source in the Russian delegation told Itar-Tass that “prospects fore a meeting between the patriarch of the Russian Orthodox Church and the Pope are more real than several years ago” and “the atmosphere is also more conducive”. Russia has noted that “the dialogue between the two Churches has intensified and become more regular”, “reproaches can no longer be heard” and “Pope Benedict XVI is less politicised than John Paul II”, the source said. “During negotiations Russia and the Holy See plan to synchronise their watches on foreign policy issues, taking into account the closeness of their positions based on the priority of international law and moral principles in interstate communication,” Prikhodko said. The leaders will discuss “a new architecture of European security and bilateral interaction in international organisations such as the U.N., the Council of Europe, and the OSCE”, he said. “The heads of state will discuss cultural events to be held this year, specifically the lending of Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio’s painting “The Entombment of Christ” from the collection of the Vatican museums for an exhibition in Moscow, and the holding of the exhibition “Faberge. Holy Images” in the Vatican museums,” the aide said. As an example of good coordination between Russia and Italy on matters of culture and civilisation, Prikhodko mentioned the Lautsi v. Italy case, in which Russia acted as a third party in support of the Italian claim. In this case a parent (Mrs Soile Lautsi) successfully claimed that Italy’s administrative law requiring display of the crucifix in every State school classroom violated the right of parents to “to ensure [their children’s education] in conformity with their own religious and philosophical convictions” (Article 2 of Protocol 1 to the Convention, which the Court read in conjunction with Article 9). The sides will discuss the situation in light of the decision of the Grand Chamber of the European Court of Human Rights regarding the verdict in the case to be announced one of these days.
http://www.itar-tass.com/eng/level2.html?NewsID=15962521&PageNum=0 17.02.2011, 05.23 ROME, February 17 (Itar-Tass) -- Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and Italian Defence Minister Ignazio La Russa have signed an inter-governmental agreement on air transit of arms, ammunition, military hardware, property and personnel via Russia in connection with Italy’s participation in the international reconstruction efforts in Afghanistan. The signing ceremony was held on Wednesday evening as part of Russian President Dmitry Medvedev’s visit to Italy. Lavrov, who had a short meeting with his Italian colleague Franco Frattini, is a member of the delegation accompanying the president. The Rome agreement allows Russia’s airspace to be used as the so-called “northern corridor” that passes through Slovenia, Croatia, Hungary, Ukraine, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, and Turkmenistan, and is the most effective and economical route for material and logistical support to the Italian contingent in Afghanistan and serves as an alternative to the air route through the United Arab Emirates,” the Italian Foreign Ministry said in a communique. The agreement will supplement the document signed during the seventh round of Russian-Italian inter-governmental consultations in the Russian Black Sea resort city of Sochi on December 3, 2010, which concerned railway transit. La Russa thanked the Russian government for cooperation and stressed the highest level of understanding and bilateral relations.
http://www.rbcnews.com/free/20110217105816.shtml RBC, 17.02.2011, Moscow 10:58:16.Russia and Italy have concluded several agreements during President Dmitry Medvedev's ongoing visit to Italy, the Russian president's press service announced. Russian oil company Gazprom Neft has signed an agreement to buy half of Italian energy company Eni's stake in the Elephant oil project in Libya. In addition, Russia's Vnesheconombank and Italian bank Cassa Depositi e prestiti have signed a memorandum of understanding. Apart from that, the Russian and Italian governments have concluded an agreement on the transit of Italian arms, military equipment and personnel across Russia's airspace to Italian troops in Afghanistan. Medvedev has also discussed with Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi pressing international problems, including revolutions and public unrest in certain Middle Eastern countries, as well as humanitarian and cultural cooperation, the press service said.
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