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New AWACS Plane Enters Russian Air Force Service

18:56 17/01/2012 MOSCOW, January 17 (RIA Novosti)

A modernized A-50U airborne warning and control system (AWACS) aircraft entered service with the Russian Air Force on Tuesday, Defense Ministry spokesman Col Vladimir Drik said.

Russia’s 3rd Su-35S fighter starts test flights
17:55 17/01/2012
Russia's Sukhoi aircraft manufacturer started test flights of its third series-produced Su-35S Flanker-E multirole fighter on Tuesday, the company said.1
Carrier Ready for India After Eight Year Wait
13:17 17/01/2012
A Russian aircraft carrier which is being refurbished for the Indian Navy will begin sea trials in May for the first time in two decades and is to be handed over to India by December 2012, a shipyard official said on Tuesday.2
NATO Anti-Missile Radar in Turkey Put into Operation
10:44 17/01/2012
A NATO missile defense radar deployed in Turkey has been put into operation, CNN quoted a Turkish foreign ministry spokesman as saying.
Russian Missile Forces Hold High Alert Drills
00:35 17/01/2012
Russia’s Strategic Missile Forces are holding a series of exercises to practice putting road-mobile missile systems on high alert, SMF spokesman Col. Vadim Koval said.3

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A brawl broke out in the Ukrainian Parliament on Thursday ahead of the consideration of a bill designed to expand the use of Russian language in the country, a RIA Novosti correspondent reported.

Washington Blasts Russia Again for Poor Democracy Record

Washington Blasts Russia Again for Poor Democracy Record

The U.S. Department of State criticized Russia for continuing violation of human rights and democratic freedoms in an annual report published on Thursday.

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Russia Refuses to Allocate $10 mln to Afghan Army

Russia has denied a NATO request to allocate $10 million for the support of the Afghan Army, the Russian presidential envoy to Afghanistan, Zamir Kabulov, said on Thursday following the alliance’s summit in Chicago.

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Third of Russians Approve of Anti-Putin Camp Closure

Almost third of Russians approve of the closure of the Occupy-style camp at Moscow’s downtown Chistoprudny Boulevard where people were protesting against Vladimir Putin's return to the presidency, a poll held by the Public Opinion Foundation has revealed.

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