Los aviones rusos comenzaron a extinguir incendios forestales en Indonesia

Dos aviones del Ministerio de Situaciones de Emergencia de Rusia empezaron a extinguir el fuego en las islas indonesias de Sumatra y Kalimantan, comunica la institución este jueves.

Roscosmos anuncia el lugar y la hora de la caída de la nave Progress en la Tierra

La Agencia Espacial rusa Roscosmos ha confirmado que el carguero Progress M-27M, que sufrió problemas técnicos tras su lanzamiento el pasado 28 de abril que le impidieron alcanzar la órbita prevista, se desintegrará en contacto con la atmósfera el jueves por la noche o el viernes de madrugada. Algunos fragmentos podrían alcanzar la Tierra.

Rusia acuerda con Google filmar la naturaleza del Ártico

Las autoridades rusas y la compañía Google llegaron a un acuerdo para la realización de unas grabaciones en el Ártico ruso.

“Hemos acordado que probarán sus equipos en nuestros territorios árticos para filmar imágenes únicas”, dijo el ministro ruso de recursos Naturales, Serguéi Donskói.

Russia Successfully Places Satellite into Orbit

Russia's rocket Proton has managed to bring its telecommunications satellite called Beam into orbit, Russian space agency Roskosmos has announced.

Beam is expected to help GLONASS, the Russian satellite navigation system of the Russian Aerospace Defense Forces, to improve its precision.

The upgrade will make GLONASS virtually identical to the American GPS, the Russian Times wrote Sunday.

The carrier rocket Proton-M has burnt up in the dense layers of the atmosphere. - Where did fragments of Proton-M fall

The carrier rocket Proton-M, which was launched from Baikonur together with the communications satellite Express-AM4R, has burnt up in the dense layers of the atmosphere, an official of Russia's Federal Space Agency has told Itar-Tass.
"Some small fragments of the rocket could fall onto Earth. An impact area is being ascertained," the space official said. According to the data given by him, the engine of the third stage of the carrier rocket failed at an altitude of 161 km because of deviation of the Proton-M from the flight path. "There was an angle-and-bank error," he said.

Proton Rocket Carrying Turkish Satellite Readies for Launch (video Launch of Sirius FM-6)

MOSCOW, February 14 (RIA Novosti) – A Proton rocket carrying a Turkish satellite is scheduled to lift off early Saturday in the first launch of Russia’s largest rocket this year, the Russian space agency told RIA Novosti.
The launch from the Baikonur space center in Kazakhstan will be the sixth since a three-month suspension after one of the rockets exploded shortly after liftoff in July. The accident sent 600 tons of highly-toxic flaming propellants raining down on the surrounding Kazakh countryside.

Russia’s Proton-M Rocket Puts US Satellite,Sirius FM-6, into Orbit.(video)

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MOSCOW, October 26 (RIA Novosti) - A US telecoms satellite, Sirius FM-6, was put into orbit on Saturday by Russia’s Proton-M rocket, a spokesman for the Russian space agency Roscosmos said.
“Satellite Sirius FM-6 separated from the Briz-M upper stage at the designated time,” the spokesman said.
The launch of the US satellite, which took place on October 25, was originally scheduled for October 20, but was twice delayed on the request of the US space agency NASA because a US communications station in South Africa was not working properly.

Unsuccessful launch rocket "Proton-M". Explosion of rocket Proton-M. Baikonur (VIDEO online)

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A Russian Proton-M rocket carrying three GLONASS navigation satellites crashed soon after takeoff from Kazakhstan’s Baikonur cosmodrome.
Immediately after takeoff, the rocket swerved to one side, tried to correct itself, but instead veered in the opposite direction. It then flew horizontally and started to come apart with its engines in full thrust.

Making a huge arch in the air, the rocket plummeted back to earth and exploded on impact close to another launch pad used for Proton commercial launches....

Rare earth metals: will demand be in line with supply?

Russian state-owned Rostekh and ICT Group plan to invest at least one billion dollars in a joint holding that would extract and refine rare-earth metals at the Tomtor deposit in the Russian republic of Yakutia, Russian media reported on Friday.

The construction of a hydro-metallurgical plant that would process rare earth metals is due to be completed by 2018.

Rare earth metals, or rare earth elements, are a set of seventeen chemical elements in the periodic table that are used in the manufacture of tablet computers and smart phones, as well as in aircraft engineering, automotive and atomic energy industry and the military sphere.

In February 2013, the Russian government approved a state program on producing rare earth elements in the country, something that was then hailed by head of Yakutia Yegor Borisov who touted ICT Group as a “strategic investor.” Borisov was echoed by Moscow-based investment expert Nikolai Sosnovsky.

Purchase contract and Transmission Agreement signed for Uzbek gas

Led by Alexander Medvedev, Deputy Chairman of the Gazprom Management Committee, the Gazprom delegation paid today a working visit to the Republic of Uzbekistan.

As part of the visit, Alexander Medvedev and Shokir Faizullaev, Chairman of the Board of Uzbekneftegaz signed in the presence of Rustam Azimov, First Deputy Prime Minister of Uzbekistan a contract for the purchase of Uzbek gas by Gazprom and an Agreement for Gas Transmission via Uzbekistan over 2013 to 2015.
Moreover, the parties agreed to set up a joint working group for elaborating a new long-term Agreement of Strategic Cooperation between Gazprom and Uzbekneftegaz.

Τις Προοπτικές Επίλυσης των Διαφορών τους στο Φυσικό Αέριο Συζήτησαν Gazprom και Λιθουανία

Πραγματοποιήθηκε στις 20 Δεκεμβρίου, συνάντηση στο Βίλνιους μεταξύ του Αναπληρωτή Προέδρου της Διοικούσας Επιτροπής της Gazprom, Alexander Medvedev και του Yaroslav Neverovich, Υπουργού Ενέργειας της Λιθουανίας.

Τα δύο μέρη συζήτησαν όλα τα ζητήματα αναφορικά με την μεταξύ τους συνεργασία στον ενεργειακό τομέα, και ειδικότερα την κατάσταση της αγοράς φυσικού αερίου και τις πρωτοβουλίες για την επίλυση των υπαρχουσών διαφωνιών καθώς και την εφαρμογή του Τρίτου Ενεργειακού Πακέτου. Όπως συμφωνήθηκε από κοινού, οι συζητήσεις θα συνεχιστούν.

Brigadas mixtas defenderán los intereses de Rusia en el Ártico

Rusia creará brigadas mixtas formadas por militares profesionales y reclutas para defender sus intereses en el Ártico, declaró hoy el viceministro de Defensa, general Dmitri Bulgákov.
"El Estado Mayor podría dar una respuesta más precisa, pero parece que serán unas brigadas mixtas", contestó el general preguntado por periodistas.
En julio de 2011, el titular ruso de Defensa, Anatoli Serdiukov, anunció planes de crear dos brigadas para defender los intereses de Rusia en el Ártico.