| June 2009 |
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Russia could abandon nuclear weapons if other nuclear powers - official and unofficial - scrap them, the Russian prime minister said on Wednesday.
The Severomorsk destroyer from Russia's Northern Fleet will participate in FRUKUS 2009 international naval exercises in the northern Atlantic on June 22-26, the fleet's press service said Wednesday.
A new strategic arms reduction pact with the United States must prohibit any kinds of offensive weapons in space, Russia's Strategic Missile Forces commander said on Wednesday.
The Defense Ministry plans to complete sea trials of a new diesel Lada-class submarine this year, a military official said on Wednesday.
Russia and Serbia have signed an intergovernmental agreement on the removal of spent nuclear fuel from a Serbian research reactor, the Russian civilian nuclear power corporation said on Wednesday.
Russia plans by 2016 to improve the ability of its range of ballistic missiles to overcome missile defenses, the Strategic Missile Forces (SMF) commander said on Wednesday.
North Korea will gain nothing from new ballistic missile launches, Russia's deputy defense minister said on Wednesday. 
Topol-M and Bulava ballistic missiles will constitute the backbone of Russia's nuclear triad, a senior defense ministry official said
Russia's strategic nuclear forces need at least 1,500 nuclear warheads, and this must be taken into account in a new strategic arms deal, the commander of the Strategic Missile Forces said on Wednesday.
Egypt will continue buying grain from Russia even after it had to return a shipment of grain to Russia, the country's ambassador to Moscow said
Russia has no plans to reduce oil production or oil exports in the next three years, a Russian deputy prime minister said 
Guy Laliberte, the Canadian founder of entertainment company Cirque du Soleil, has started final preparations at Russia's Star City space training center for a 12-day trip to the International Space Station (ISS).
A former Russian army colonel who killed an 18-year-old Chechen woman was not involved in the murder of three other Chechens, Russian investigators said
Russia's oil pipeline monopoly launched on Wednesday the construction of the second stage of the Baltic Pipeline System, designed to diversify the country's oil exports.
An expedition to explore the depths of East Siberia's Lake Baikal, resuming on June 15, is not aimed at finding artifacts, but learning more about the world's largest freshwater body, the lake preservation fund said on Wednesday.
Russia is ready to provide Pakistan with assistance in its fight against terrorism, President Dmitry Medvedev said expressing his condolences following the death of 16 people in a hotel bombing.



