http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/keyword?k=russia
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/keyword?k=putin
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Note: The following post is a quote:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1795909/posts
Russia To Receive Two Modernized Strategic Bombers In 2007
http://www.militaryglobal.com/reports/439 ^
Posted on 03/05/2007 11:22:41 PM PST by Srirangan
Moscow: Russia will commission two modernized Tu-160 bombers in 2007, the Strategic Air Force commander said Monday. Russia is currently carrying out an ambitious program to upgrade and modernize its strategic Air Force assets.
The upgraded fleet will include both new and modernized Tu-160 Blackjack, Tu-22 Blinder and Tu-95 Bear bombers. "We are modernizing the fleet of Tu-160 bombers...and are planning to receive two [modernized] aircraft by the end of this year," Lieutenant-General Igor Khvorov said.
He added that one of the previously commissioned bombers will conduct test bombing runs in spring 2007.
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http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2007/03/20070305-1.html
For Immediate Release
Office of the Vice President
March 5, 2007
"Vice President's Remarks to the VFW National Legislative Conference"
Omni Shoreham Hotel
Washington, D.C.
10:56 A.M. EST
http://littlegreenfootballs.com/weblog/?entry=24720_Russian_Journalists_Death_a_Forcible_Suicide
Tuesday, March 06, 2007
"Russian Journalist's Death a 'Forcible Suicide'"
SNIPPET: "Here’s a detailed and interesting article at Kommersant.ru on the apparent “forcible suicide” of journalist Ivan Safronov, who was reportedly about to release an exposé on Russian arms deliveries to the Middle East: Ivan Safronov Was Killed. (Hat tip: Igor.)"
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http://www.kommersant.com/p747802/Ivan_Safronov_arms_trading/
Mar. 06, 2007
"Ivan Safronov Was Killed
// Prosecutor begins an investigation of "incitement to suicide""
ARTICLE SNIPPET: "The Taganka prosecutor's office in Moscow has initiated a criminal investigation on the forcible suicide of Kommersant journalist Ivan Safronov, who died under unknown circumstances last Friday when he fell from a window in the stairway of the Khrushchev-era five-story building in which he lived. The police and prosecutor initially characterized his death as suicide. Safronov, who turned 51 last month, wrote about the army and space. It is known that he was preparing a publication on Russian arms deliveries to the Middle East that could have caused a major scandal."