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Russia ranked 2nd biggest global arms exporter – arms think tank

Russia ranked 2nd biggest global arms exporter

© RIA Novosti. Mikhail Fomichev

14:56 23/12/2011

MOSCOW, December 23 (RIA Novosti)

Tags: Washington, Moscow, United States, Russia

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Russia became the world’s second largest arms exporter in 2011 after the United States, the head of the Moscow-based arms think tank Centre for Analysis of World Arms Trade (CAWAT), Igor Korotchenko said on Friday.

The CAWAT ranking revealed that Russia occupied the second position for world arms sales in 2011 with $11.29 billion in revenues, which accounts for 16.1 percent of all international arms supplies, Korotchenko said. “The forecast for 2012 is $11.3 billion or 17.3 percent of global arms sales.”

The Unitied States, however, dominates world arms exports, with over 40 percent of trade globally, or $28.76 billion.

Korotchenko also said that Russia had scored high records on arms exports despite the fact that it had lost the Iranian market because of the arms embargos imposed on Tehran by Washington. Moscow also supported arms sanctions against Libya, suspending all contracts for the supply of military hardware to the country.

The top ten biggest arms suppliers include France, Germany, Britain, Italy, Israel, Spain, Sweden and China, according to the CAWAT ranking.

Russia exports weaponry to over 100 countries.

Its main arms customers are India, Algeria, China, Venezuela, Malaysia and Syria. Vietnam also emerged as a key importer after it signed a deal to buy submarines, aircraft and other military hardware from Russia late last year.

Russia wants fair hearing on missile defense - Medvedev

Topic: President Medvedev’s fourth state-of-the-nation address

Russia wants fair hearing on missile defense

© RIA Novosti. Michail Fomichev

15:10 22/12/2011

MOSCOW, December 22 (RIA Novosti)

Tags: Missile Defense, NATO, Dmitry Medvedev, Russia, Moscow

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• Russia's view of European missile shield

Russia is ready for constructive dialogue on missile defense with its Western partners but hopes for give and take, President Dmitry Medvedev said on Thursday.

“I only want to confirm that we are open for constructive dialogue and substantive work with our partners, if they learn to listen to us,” Medvedev said in his final state-of-the-nation address before he steps down next year.

“We count on reciprocity in order to reach mutually acceptable solutions as soon as possible and to maintain an atmosphere of trust.”

Russia-NATO missile defense talks have stalled as Moscow is seeking legally binding guarantees that the U.S.-backed European missile defense program will not be directed against it.

Washington, however, refuses to provide the guarantees, saying the shield is directed against rogue states such as Iran and North Korea.

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  Russia ready to support private arms makers

  22:31   21/12/2011  
  Russia’s Defense Ministry is ready
  to lend support to private manufacturers of arms, especially small arms and light weapons, Defense Minister Anatoly Serdyukov said on Wednesday.1

• Russia stays loyal to Kalashnikov

  20:44   21/12/2011  
  The Russian military will not abandon the legendary Kalashnikov AK assault rifle, Defense Minister Anatoly Serdyukov said on Wednesday.4

• Iran's nuclear program

  14:49   21/12/2011  
  
  Iran has been under international pressure to halt uranium enrichment, needed both for electricity generation and weapons production. Tehran has repeatedly rejected the demand, insisting it is pursuing a purely civilian program. Several Western powers have called for harsher sanctions against Tehran if it does not agree to halt uranium enrichment.
  

• Georgian parliament votes to send more troops to Afghanistan

  22:16   20/12/2011  
  Georgia’s parliament voted on Tuesday in favor of President Mikheil Saakashvili’s plan to send more troops to Afghanistan as part of the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF).

• Russia tests domestic interceptor missile

  16:44   20/12/2011  
  Russia carried out a successful test of a short-range interceptor missile on Tuesday as a part of its effort to develop a domestic missile defense shield, the Defense Ministry said.

• Russia to lease Nerpa nuclear submarine to India by yearend

  17:05   16/12/2011  
  Russia will lease its Nerpa nuclear submarine to India by the end of the year, the head of Russia’s federal agency in charge of military and technical cooperation, Mikhail Dmitriyev, said on Friday.

• Russia to build two military posts in disputed Kuril Islands

  16:49   16/12/2011  
  The Russian Federal Agency for Special Construction will build two military posts in the disputed Kuril Islands, the agency's chief said on Friday.2

• Russia’s Strategic Missile Forces to get 4G control systems

  16:44   16/12/2011  
  Russia’s Strategic Missile Forces will receive advanced automated command-and-control systems, SMF chief Lt. Gen. Sergei Karakayev said on Friday.

• U.S. conducts 12 START inspections in Russia in 2011

  16:15   16/12/2011  
  U.S. inspection teams have conducted 12 inspections of Strategic Missile Forces facilities in Russia, SMF chief Lt. Gen. Sergei Karakayev said on Friday.

• Russia, U.S. Special Forces to hold joint counterterrorism drills

  15:47   16/12/2011  
  Joint Russian-U.S. counterterrorism exercises involving special forces of the two states will be held in May 2012, a Defense Ministry spokesman said on Friday.

• Russia to build 100-ton ICBM to penetrate US missile defenses

  14:42   16/12/2011  
  Russia will develop a new liquid-propellant intercontinental ballistic missile to overcome the U.S.’s prospective missile defense system, Strategic Missile Forces chief Lt. Gen. Sergei Karakayev said on Friday.12

• Senior Russian Defense Ministry official demoted after badminton hype

  13:00   16/12/2011  
  The head of the Russian Defense Ministry sports directorate, Alexander Shchepelev, was demoted, apparently over an interview that was published saying the ministry planned to buy badminton equipment in a hype after President Dmitry Medvedev said he enjoyed the sport, an officer in the ministry's central apparatus said.

• Russia’s participation in NATO summit not decided yet

  22:01   15/12/2011  
  Russia’s participation in the 2012 Russia-NATO Council summit in Chicago has not been decided yet as it depends on the U.S. position concerning the missile defense shield, Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov said on Thursday.

• Belarus gets surface-to-air missiles from Russia

  15:19   15/12/2011  
  Belarus has taken delivery of the first consignment of advanced Tor-M2 antiaircraft missile systems from Russia, Belarusian Defense Minister Yury Zhadobin said on Thursday.

• Russia deploys new missile system in Chechnya

  11:51   14/12/2011  
  A new missile system has been deployed in Russia’s Northern Caucasus republic of Chechnya, a senior military official said on Wednesday.

• Russia’s Special Forces get 30 Austrian sniper rifles

  18:27   09/12/2011  
  More than 30 Austrian-manufactured sniper rifles have been adopted for service with Russia’s Airborne Forces special task units, Defense Ministry spokesman Col. Alexander Kucherenko said on Friday.

• Moscow sees ‘no military component’ in Iran’s nuclear program

  16:12   09/12/2011  
  There is no military component in Iran’s nuclear program, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov said on Friday.2

• Georgia becomes NATO aspirant state – deputy PM

  20:52   08/12/2011  
  Georgia was named a NATO aspirant country for the first time on Thursday, the country’s deputy premier said.

• Russian army officer jailed for spying for Georgia

  19:21   07/12/2011  
  A former Russian Army major was given a 12-year prison term on Wednesday for spying for Georgia, a RIA Novosti correspondent reported from the courtroom.

 

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