Official: Russia Has Right to Hit Bases
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Russia has the right to carry out pre-emptive strikes on militant bases abroad, Russia's defense minister said Sunday, citing the school hostage crisis. He said Moscow and the United States see eye to eye on fighting terrorism.
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By JIM HEINTZ MOSCOW - Russia on Tuesday test-launched a new intercontinental ballistic missile capable of carrying multiple independent warheads, and a top government official said it could penetrate any defense system, a news agency reported.
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Russia successfully conducted a test  launch on Monday of a new intercontinental ballistic missile,  the navy said.
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TBILISI -- The commander of Russian military forces in Georgia said yesterday his troops had been put on high alert and ordered to use lethal force to defend their bases, amid mounting tensions over the arrest of four Russian military officers accused of spying. The Russian president, Vladimir Putin, denounced the Georgian authorities' arrests as ``state terrorism" and blamed unidentified ...
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Russia has not "slammed the door" on the Conventional Forces in Europe (CFE) treaty, even though it has pulled out of the pact, Russian media quoted the country's foreign minister as saying on Friday.
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Tajikistan on Saturday formally granted Russian forces in the Central Asian state a permanent military base in a move Russian President Vladimir Putin hailed as a guarantee of regional security.
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Russian deputies back a bill giving the Kremlin more control over the regions, in order to improve security.
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Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a decree Monday to set up a center that will help protect the rights of Russians in former Soviet republics, which became independent when the Soviet Union collapsed.
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Poland and the Czech Republic risk being targeted by Russian missiles if they agree to host a proposed U.S. missile defense system, a top Russian general warned Monday.Comment
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[India News]: New Delhi, Dec 4 : In a dramatic turnaround, President Vladimir Putin Saturday clarified that Russia fully supported a permanent seat for India in the UN Security Council with the right of veto.
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MOSCOW. Dec 7 (Interfax) - Russia is successfully destroying its chemical weapons stockpile, and the Federal Board for Safe Storage and Elimination of Chemical Weapons plays a major role in the process, said Army General Yuri Baluyevsky, head of the General Staff of the Armed Forces.
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MOSCOW, Russia -- President Vladimir Putin says Russia&#39;s armed forces will soon have access to advanced nuclear missile systems unlike those held by other countries.
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A Russian general has threatened a tough response if the United States goes ahead with a plan to site a missile defence system in Poland and the Czech Republic.
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MOSCOW: Russia strongly affirmed its support for Beijing&#39;s &quot;One China&quot; policy on Saturday, saying it opposes any kind of independence for Taiwan but urging a peaceful resolution to the dispute over the island.
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Russia's natural resources minister said Monday that foreign companies would be welcome to help develop offshore oil fields, the same day a senior U.S. diplomat expressed concern about the minister's earlier statement that foreign access to oil and gas deposits would be limited.
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Russia successfully tests a new sea-based ballistic missile, military officials say, after earlier tests failed.
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Russia today defended a plan to launch preventive strikes on guerrilla bases in other countries, saying it was merely following accepted international practice.