Russian News Monitor – Russian security chief says NATO still serious threat to Moscow (Russian Information Agency Novosti)

Russian security chief says NATO still serious threat to Moscow (Russian Information Agency Novosti)
NATO continues to pose a serious threat to Russia, not least because of its desire to expand closer to Russia’s borders, Russian security chief Nikolai Patrushev said on Tuesday.

VTB pledges 20 bln roubles for Russian developers (Reuters via Yahoo! Singapore News)
MOSCOW, Feb 9 (Reuters) – Russia’s second-largest bank VTB plans to lend 20 billion roubles ($654.7 million) to Russian real estate developers this year, VTB senior executive said on Tuesday.

(AFX UK Focus) 2010-02-09 06:50 Russia car maker Sollers eyes JV with Fiat -sources (Interactive Investor)
MOSCOW, Feb 9 (Reuters) – Sollers may this week create a joint venture with Italy’s Fiat, continuing the trend of Russia’s struggling car makers looking abroad for expertise, industry and government sources told Reuters. The deal may be signed during a visit by Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin to the car producing city of Naberezhnye Chelny this week, the two sources said. Fiat CEO Sergio …

What the Russian papers say (Russian Information Agency Novosti)
U.S. undermines opportunities for missile-defense cooperation with Moscow / The status of Russia’s nuclear stick / Revision of Russian gas contract to cost Ukraine over $3.5 billion / Commissioning of Shtokman put off for three years /

Russia to take advantage of US dependency on space shuttle (EARTHtimes.org)
Moscow – Russia is planning to make more money out of ferrying US astronauts into space with its Soyuz capsule when NASA retires its Space Shuttles at the end of 2010, Russian space agency chief Anatoli Perminov said Tuesday. Russia, which has a co…

Russia: Activists’ Detention Unjustified (AlertNet)
Source: Human Rights Watch (Moscow) – The Russian authorities should investigate the arbitrary detention of three human rights advocates in Chechnya and hold those responsible accountable, Amnesty International, Civil Rights …

Russian security chief: West’s Iran concern valid (The Star)
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia’s national security chief said on Tuesday that Western concerns about Iran’s nuclear intentions were “valid” and suggested it could take more than talks to end Tehran’s defiance, Russian news agencies reported.

Reports: Russian security chief says NATO poses threat (Brandon Sun)
MOSCOW – Russian news reports have quoted the nation’s security chief as saying that NATO has remained a threat. Russia’s Security Council chief Nikolai Patrushev said that the alliance’s expansion eastward to include former Soviet allies and Soviet republics has undermined the nation’s security.

Russia favours equitable dialogue in Dniester settlement – FM (Itar-Tass)
MOSCOW, February 9 (Itar-Tass) – Russia comes out in favour of an equitable dialogue in the settlement of the Dniester region conflict, Russian Foreign Ministry sources said on Tuesday after talks between Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and the president of Moldova’s breakaway Dniester region, Igor Smirnov.

Russia hopes to prevent potential war in Iran (RosBusinessConsulting)
RBC, 09.02.2010, Moscow 14:46:25. There is currently the threat of a possible war in Iran, and Russia considers it absolutely necessary to prevent any such developments, chief of the Russian Security Council Nikolai Patrushev told a press conference today.

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