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Russia’s air defense system will have the capability to intercept any type of missiles, Defense Minister Anatoly Serdyukov said on Tuesday.

Russian air defenses can counter ‘even hypersonic missiles'

Russia’s air defense system will have the capability to intercept any type of missiles, Defense Minister Anatoly Serdyukov said on Tuesday.

Phobos-Grunt

Last attempt to contact Phobos-Grunt - European Space Agency

Stations of the European Space Agency located in South America, Australia and the Canary Islands will try on Tuesday night to establish contact with the Phobos-Grunt unmanned spacecraft that is stranded at a low-Earth orbit after launch, the managing directorate of the European Space Agency (ESA) said.

Mideast events may show West's wish to make up for lost grip

Mideast events may show West's wish to make up for lost grip - Lavrov

Western powers' attempt to compensate for the continuing loss of economic influence could be behind the recent uprisings in the Middle East, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Tuesday.

Alexei Rudenko and Vladimir Sadovnichy

Pilots in Tajikistan have attained freedom but not justice

The release of pilots Vladimir Sadovnichy and Alexei Rudenko in Tajikistan is certainly great news. The inappropriateness of their sentence (eight and a half years in prison) and the attempts of the Tajik authorities to use them as bargaining chips in political trade with Moscow were all too obvious.

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