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Tuesday, December 15, 2015
Russia Found Supplying Syria Mission with Old Turkish ships
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Russia Found Supplying Syria Mission with Old Turkish ships

By Jonathan Saul and Maria Tsvetkova LONDON/MOSCOW, Dec 15 (Reuters) – Earlier this year, an old refrigerator ship called the Georgiy Agafonov, built to

December 15, 2015
Total Views: 63

Sunday, December 13, 2015
Russian Warship Fires Warning Shots at Turkish Vessel
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Russian Warship Fires Warning Shots at Turkish Vessel

By Katya Golubkova MOSCOW, Dec 13 (Reuters) – Russia on Sunday warned Turkey to stop staging what it called provocations against its forces in or near

December 13, 2015
Total Views: 50

Monday, December 7, 2015
Turkey Blasts Russia After Warship Allegedly Brandishes Rocket While Passing Istanbul
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Turkey Blasts Russia After Warship Allegedly Brandishes Rocket While Passing Istanbul

ISTANBUL, Dec 6 (Reuters) – Turkey accused Russia of a “provocation” on Sunday after a serviceman on the deck of a Russian naval ship

December 7, 2015
Total Views: 81

Saturday, December 5, 2015
Turkey, Russia Fallout Over Downed Warplane Deepens at Two Ports
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Turkey, Russia Fallout Over Downed Warplane Deepens at Two Ports

By Selcan Hacaoglu (Bloomberg) — Turkey released three of four Russian ships that it detained this month at a Black Sea port for maritime safety

December 5, 2015
Total Views: 50

Friday, December 4, 2015
Russian Oil Explorers Among Bidders for Norway Arctic Blocks
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Russian Oil Explorers Among Bidders for Norway Arctic Blocks

By Mikael Holter (Bloomberg) — Russian oil companies OAO Rosneft and Lukoil PJSC were among 26 explorers to apply for blocks in Norway’s new licensing

December 4, 2015
Total Views: 32

Friday, November 20, 2015
WATCH: Russian Warship Launches Missiles Against ISIS in Syria
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WATCH: Russian Warship Launches Missiles Against ISIS in Syria

New video released Friday by Russia’s Defence Ministry shows Russian navy ships launching cruise missiles at targets in Syria, in the Caspian sea,

November 20, 2015
Total Views: 44

Tuesday, November 10, 2015
Incredible Footage: Heavy Weather Tow Of Russian Aircraft Carrier in Bay of Biscay
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Incredible Footage: Heavy Weather Tow Of Russian Aircraft Carrier in Bay of Biscay

February 2012: New footage of the Russian aircraft carrier Admiral Kuznetsov towed by the tug Nikolay Chiker after the aircraft carrier lost propulsion in the

November 10, 2015
Total Views: 1347

Monday, October 5, 2015
Russia and United States Square Off Over Arctic
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Russia and United States Square Off Over Arctic

  By David Axe Oct 5 (Reuters) – President Barack Obama’s recent trip to Alaska helped draw attention to global climate change – and to

October 5, 2015
Total Views: 63

Wednesday, September 23, 2015
Egypt to Pay $1 Billion for France’s Mistral Warships
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Egypt to Pay $1 Billion for France’s Mistral Warships

  By Jean-Baptiste Vey and John Irish PARIS, Sept 23 (Reuters) – France has agreed to sell two Mistral helicopter carriers to Egypt for 950 million

September 23, 2015
Total Views: 75

Friday, September 18, 2015
France May Have Found a Buyer for Its Two Mistral Warships
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France May Have Found a Buyer for Its Two Mistral Warships

  PARIS, Sept 18 (Reuters) – France is confident it will wrap up the sale of two Mistral warships to a new buyer in the next few weeks after

September 18, 2015
Total Views: 21

Tuesday, September 15, 2015
An icebreaker built for the Finnish government is seen at Arctech Helsinki Shipyard in Helsinki
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Sanctioned Arctech Helsinki Shipyard Hopes for Icebreaker Zeal in Arctic

  By Jussi Rosendahl HELSINKI, Sept 15 (Reuters) – On a sunny day on the Helsinki seafront, sparks fly from steel welding at the bustling Arctech

September 15, 2015
Total Views: 171

Friday, August 28, 2015
Nations Joust But Arctic Payoff May Be Decades Away
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Nations Joust But Arctic Payoff May Be Decades Away

  By David J. Lynch (Bloomberg) — Even as melting Arctic glaciers threaten to swamp shorelines, nations from Russia to the U.S. are betting that

August 28, 2015
Total Views: 45

Tuesday, August 25, 2015
Russia Ordered to Compensate Greenpeace Over ‘Arctic Sunrise’ Ship Seizure
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Russia Ordered to Compensate Greenpeace Over ‘Arctic Sunrise’ Ship Seizure

  AMSTERDAM, Aug 25 (Reuters) – A court in the Netherlands has ordered Russia to pay compensation for seizing the Greenpeace ship Arctic Sunrise

August 25, 2015
Total Views: 74

Thursday, August 6, 2015
France Loses in Failed Mistral Warship Deal – VIEW
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France Loses in Failed Mistral Warship Deal – VIEW

  By Leonid Bershidsky (Bloomberg View) — The saga of the two Mistral helicopter carriers France built for Russia, but refused to hand over because

August 6, 2015
Total Views: 541

Wednesday, August 5, 2015
France and Russia Close Book on Mistral Warship Deal Gone Bad
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France and Russia Close Book on Mistral Warship Deal Gone Bad

  By Gregory Viscusi (Bloomberg) — France and Russia have agreed to terminate a contract for two helicopter carriers that France built and then

August 5, 2015
Total Views: 50

Tuesday, July 28, 2015
Russian Submarine Wreck Found Off Sweden Has Probably Been There for Decades
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Russian Submarine Wreck Found Off Sweden Has Probably Been There for Decades

  By Elias von Hildebrand STOCKHOLM, July 28 (Reuters) – A submarine wreck discovered off the eastern coast of Sweden probably dates from World War

July 28, 2015
Total Views: 79

Wednesday, May 27, 2015
Russia Lays Keel for Giant Nuclear-Powered Icebreaker
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Russia Lays Keel for Giant Nuclear-Powered Icebreaker

  Russia’s state-owned Baltic Shipyard (Baltijskiy Zavod-Sudostroyenie) has hosted the keel laying ceremony for a nuclear-powered icebreaker being

May 27, 2015
Total Views: 146

Wednesday, April 8, 2015
Russian Trawler Was Sunk by Greed and Corruption, Investigators Say
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Russian Trawler Was Sunk by Greed and Corruption, Investigators Say

Greed and corruption were to blame for the sinking of a Russian trawler last week in which at least 56 crew died, a spokesman for investigators said on

April 8, 2015
Total Views: 22

Tuesday, April 7, 2015
K-266 "Eagle" project "Antaeus" fire
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Russian Nuclear Submarine “Orel” Catches Fire

A nuclear submarine caught fire in a shipyard in Russia's northern province of Arkhangelsk on Tuesday but there were no weapons on board, Russian news agencies

April 7, 2015
Total Views: 100

Thursday, April 2, 2015
At Least 56 Now Dead After Russian Trawler Sinks in Icy Western Pacific
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At Least 56 Now Dead After Russian Trawler Sinks in Icy Western Pacific

At least 54 crew on a Russian fishing trawler died and 15 were missing after it sank in freezing waters off the Kamchatka Peninsula in the Western Pacific

April 2, 2015
Total Views: 60