Posted on Nov 1st Russia and China want to give the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) a stronger status but not through the entry of the US in this organization. They want to see India and Pakistan in the status of full members, Afghanistan as an observer and Turkey as a partner in dialogue. The plans [...]

Posted on Oct 27th Russia lost another arms tender in India. In the beginning of 2011, Russia failed to win the ten-billion-dollar tender for the delivery of 126 all-purpose fighter jets for Indian Air Force. The Russian MiG-35 lost the tender to Eurofighter and Rafale. This is a very embarrassing defeat for Russia, taking into [...]

Posted on Oct 24th Although Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin undoubtedly had numerous goals in visiting Beijing last week, his most visible mission was to make progress in the protracted negotiations concerning China’s possible purchase of an enormous volume of Russian natural gas. For years, this issue has been a prominent agenda item at Russian-Chinese [...]

Posted on Oct 19th Russia has deployed “Buk-M1” anti-aircraft missile systems  and a battalion of T-80 tanks on the Kurils. The Defence Ministry is strengthening the military contingent on the islands which are claimed by Japan. It says that this is only the first part of the plan aimed at equipping the troops on the [...]

Posted on Oct 17th WASHINGTON — Russia and China are both modernizing their nuclear arsenals to include new capabilities, but experts at a House hearing on Friday offered different views on how those programs would impact the effectiveness of the U.S. strategic deterrent. “There is a great deal of similarity between Russia and China in [...]

Posted on Oct 11th Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin and Chinese leaders opened two days of meetings Tuesday aimed at boosting relations amid strains over declining military sales and stalled talks over energy deals. Putin said after meeting with Premier Wen Jiabao that political relations between the countries were good, but hinted that tough negotiations [...]

Posted on Oct 7th The Chinese spy mania is spreading to an increasing number of countries worldwide. The US is urging its allies to step up efforts against Beijing’s economic espionage. Germany continues to accuse China of being the world’s major cyber threat and stealing industrial secrets. Russia, in its turn, is trying a Chinese [...]

Posted on Oct 6th Russia will create Air and Space Defence Forces by the 1st of December. Russian President Dmitry Medvedev insisted on the necessity to form them during his State of the Nation address in November last year. The new forces will be based on Russia’s Space Force. According to the commander of the [...]

Posed on Oct 4th Russia’s enormous Typhoon-class ballistic missile submarines, made famous by Tom Clancy in “The Hunt For Red October,” will soon be no more. The last three Project 941 Akula-class strategic missile submarines – known in the west as Typhoons – will be taken out of service by 2014 and scrapped, reports the [...]

Posted on Oct 3rd STOCKHOLM (AFP) – China’s dependence on Russia for arms and energy imports has declined and Moscow’s position when dealing with Beijing has weakened as a result, a Swedish think tank said. “Decreasing dependence on Russian arms exports and a growing number of alternative energy suppliers mean that China has taken the [...]