Wed May 15, 2013
233 articles tagged "Russia"
DEBKAfile
Exclusive Report
July 30, 2009, 9:39 AM (GMT+02:00)
A high-ranking Russian navy source reported July 21 that the Soviet-era naval maintenance base near Tartus in Syria is to be expanded and modernized to become "fully operational" in four seas. debkafile's military sources report Israel is deeply concerned by the sophisticated air-defense S-300PMU-2 and Iskander-E missile systems ...
DEBKAfile
Exclusive Report
June 2, 2009, 9:04 AM (GMT+02:00)
Russian warships are due to call Wednesday, May 27, at the Bahrain port of Manama, seat of the US Fifth Fleet in the Persian Gulf, debkafile's military sources reveal. They will be following in the wake of the Russian vessels already docked at the Omani port of Salalah, ...
DEBKAfile
Exclusive Report
May 11, 2009, 10:25 AM (GMT+02:00)
debkafile's Moscow sources disclose that the Russian, Iranian and Damascus governments have cooked up a scheme to get around Vladimir Putin's undertaking as president to refrain from selling Iran and Syria advanced Iskander-M cruise missiles: The transaction will go through Belarus.
After the Iskander-M sale to Tehran went ... 
DEBKAfile
Exclusive Report
April 14, 2009, 12:15 PM (GMT+02:00)
Kazakhstan is negotiating for Israel to launch its communications satellites from Baikonur to help turn this space launching facility into a going international business venture long term.
debkafile's military sources report that Russia, which built the satellite launching station in 1955 for its own use, does not object, ... 
DEBKAfile
Exclusive Report
March 21, 2009, 11:21 PM (GMT+02:00)
Three times this month, Moscow has offered different versions about the delivery of five sophisticated Russian S-300 anti-missile, anti-air missile systems sold to Iran for $800 million.
Wednesday, March 18, an unnamed official of Russia's Federal Service of Military-Technical Cooperation again hedged around the issue. He said a contract had ... 
DEBKAfile
Exclusive Report
March 20, 2009, 9:43 AM (GMT+02:00)
A Russian strategic arms control expert, Vladimir Dvorkin, said Thursday, March 12, that Iran could produce an atomic weapon in "one or two years," allowing Tehran to broaden its support for Hamas and Hizballah.
This was the first time a Russian figure had predicted Iran would be nuclear-capable within so short ... 
DEBKAfile
Exclusive Report
March 1, 2009, 11:55 AM (GMT+02:00)
The preliminary phase of Iran's first reactor, built with Russian help at the southern town of Bushehr, was marked by a ceremony Wednesday, Feb. 25. Our sources report that Iranian nuclear teams will first activate the 1,000-MW reactor's sections in sequence with the help of advanced Russian computers flown in ...
DEBKAfile
Exclusive Report
January 17, 2009, 5:34 PM (GMT+02:00)
The force, which includes the Admiral Kuznetsov aircraft carrier, the Admiral Levchenko destroyer and the Nikolay Chiker salvage tug, was due to call in at the Syrian port of Tartus Monday, Jan. 12 after carrying out joint exercises with the Turkish navy last week.
debkafile's military sources report that ... 
DEBKAfile
Exclusive Report
December 28, 2008, 11:12 AM (GMT+02:00)
An American military intelligence official says Russia's sale of S-300 long-range missiles to Iran presents a "decision point for Israel, since once the anti-aircraft system is in place it could deter any strike" against Iran's nuclear sites.
debkafile's military sources point to the confusion contrived by Moscow about the ... 
DEBKAfile
Exclusive Report
December 27, 2008, 12:23 PM (GMT+02:00)
The Russian Kommersant reported Tuesday, Dec. 16 that Gen. Vladimir Popovkin, head of Russia's armed forces, visited Israel in November for talks on the purchase of a first batch of the unmanned reconnaissance drones which Georgia used successfully in its conflict with Russia last August.
debkafile's military sources ... 
DEBKAfile
Exclusive Report
December 20, 2008, 11:59 AM (GMT+02:00)
Russia is sending a group of warships to Cuba. The warships will visit Havana on December 19-23, the Russian navy said. "This will be the first visit to Cuba by Russian warships since the Soviet era," the Russian naval headquarters said in its statement. The visit will be led by ...
DEBKAfile
Exclusive Report
December 10, 2008, 7:48 AM (GMT+02:00)
debkafile's military sources report that, four months after the Georgian war, Moscow is again testing the limits of its Mediterranean reach. Navy spokesman Igor Dygalo announced that two flotillas from the Barents Sea and the Black Sea are heading for the Mediterranean.
Moscow and Beirut are preparing the way ... 
DEBKAfile
Exclusive Report
December 8, 2008, 3:17 PM (GMT+02:00)
debkafile's military sources report that a large-scale arms deal for Syria, paid for by Iran, is in advanced negotiation in Moscow and Damascus. It includes fighter-bombers and an assortment of anti-air, anti-missile and anti-tank missiles, as well as substantial upgrades of Syria's antiquated Russian tanks.
Our sources disclose ... 
DEBKAfile
Exclusive Report
December 7, 2008, 8:20 AM (GMT+02:00)
debkafile's Iranian and Moscow sources report that Atomstroiexport, the Russian firm under contract to build and activate Iran's nuclear reactor at Bushehr, is offering nuclear engineers and technicians top salaries to leave for Iran at short notice to finish the project by mid-2009.
debkafile's sources add ... 
DEBKAfile
Exclusive Report
November 22, 2008, 12:10 PM (GMT+02:00)
Not since 1984, just before the fall of the Soviet Union, has Russia ventured to launch dozens of nuclear bombers for an exercise in which Tu-95 Bear bombers will fire live cruise missiles. Exercise Stability 2008 will take place Oct.-6-12 over sub-Arctic Russia uncomfortably close to the US state of ...
DEBKAfile
Exclusive Report
November 8, 2008, 8:16 PM (GMT+02:00)
Georgian tanks and infantry, aided by Israeli military advisers, captured the capital of breakaway South Ossetia, Tskhinvali, early Friday, Aug. 8, bringing the Georgian-Russian conflict over the province to a military climax.
debkafile's geopolitical experts note that on the surface level, the Russians are backing the separatists of ... 
DEBKAfile
Exclusive Report
October 26, 2008, 11:28 AM (GMT+02:00)
debkafile's military sources report that a large-scale arms deal for Syria, paid for by Iran, is in advanced negotiation in Moscow and Damascus. Our sources disclose that the S-300PMU-2 and Iskander-E are still on the list.
Read more about this in debkafile Exclusive Report below. 
DEBKAfile
Exclusive Report
October 13, 2008, 4:44 PM (GMT+02:00)
Asked if Russia had promised Israel prime minister Ehud Olmert not to deliver S-300 systems to Iran, the foreign ministry spokesman in Moscow said Thursday, Oct. 9: "We have already repeatedly stated at the very highest political levels that we do not intend to deliver those types of arms to ...
DEBKAfile
Exclusive Report
October 11, 2008, 11:22 AM (GMT+02:00)
Russian Navy spokesman Capt. Igor Dygalo disclosed Wednesday, Oct. 1, that a four-ship squadron led by the Peter the Great nuclear missile cruiser will call in at the Libyan port of Tripoli and "other Middle East ports" before heading out to the Caribbean for joint maneuvers with Venezuela.
debkafile's ... 
DEBKAfile
Exclusive Report
October 9, 2008, 5:54 PM (GMT+02:00)
debkafile's military sources report that starting Monday, Tu-160 Blackjack and Tu-95 MS Bear-H strategic bombers will fly missions carrying the maximum combat payload and firing all cruise missiles aboard over sub-Arctic Russia and Belarus, close to Alaska.
As part of the exercise, Russian ships armed with nuclear missiles ... |
