Economy and Business, Russia, Science and the Unknown

12.07.2010 16:43
Boeing 787. Photo from website fea.ru

Boeing 787. Photo from website fea.ru

In 2016, Aeroflot fleet will be reinforced with Boeings 787

In 2016, the fleet of the most famous Russian airline Aeroflot will begin its expansion with 22 Boeings 787. This is what CEO Vitaly Saveliev said in a meeting with Prime Minister Vladimir Putin.
  
"In 2016, we expect 22 aircraft Dreamliners, or Boeings 787 [to join the fleet]. And another 22 aircraft Airbus 350, which is still in development, will arrive in the same 2016", reported Saveliev. The company fleet will be also beefed up with Russian aircraft – Aeroflot expects to get 100 aircraft Sukhoi Superjet 100.
  
Boeing 787 is a wide-body twin-engine jet airliner, developed by American company Boeing. The maximum passenger capacity is from 250 to 330, depending on the variant. Boeing claims that the Dreamliner will be more economical than the previous designs and will also be the first large passenger aircraft made of widely used composite materials.
  
Sukhoi Superjet 100 is a Russian short-range passenger aircraft developed by Sukhoi Civil Aircraft together with a range of foreign companies. Superjet 100 is designed to carry up to 95 passengers to a distance of 4400 km and is manufactured to replace the Tu-134 and Yak-42 aircraft.


Economy and Business

Gazprom resumes the signing of new agreements on gas supplies to Belarus. Photo from ukranews.com

14.10 11:12 Gazprom to sign new contracts to supply gas to Belarus

A meeting of Chairman of the Board of JSC Gazprom, Alexei Miller, Deputy Prime Minister of Belarus, Sergei Rumas, and Energy Minister of Belarus, Alexander Ozerets, has taken place at the central office of Gazprom, says the official press release of the state corporation.

07.10 17:19 Georgia and Russia hold talks on WTO

Representatives of Russia and Georgia are going to meet today in Washington to discuss the agreement, which appears to be supported by the United States, on monitoring their border regions, aimed at overcoming Tbilisi’s resistance to Russia joining WTO, writes The Financial Times.

26.09 10:40 Russia and Ukraine make progress at gas transit talks

Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych has held meetings with Dmitry Medvedev and Vladimir Putin on the gas issue in Moscow.

Russia

Putin will be nominated for presidency ahead of schedule. Photo from obozrevatel.com

07.10 10:38 United Russia to nominate Putin for president before Duma elections

The ruling party United Russia has advised when it is going to suggest Prime Minister Vladimir Putin for president. The party is not going to deliberately put this case off. So UR will do it even before the elections.

05.10 13:40 MPs vote for chemical castration of pedophiles

October 4, the State Duma approved in first reading the bill on tougher sentences for serious crimes of sexual nature with regard to persons under 14 years old.

03.10 10:48 Missile Liner successfully launched from Barents Sea

A ballistic missile Liner was successfully launched from the Barents Sea to a Kamchatka Peninsula range, said the Russian Defense Ministry official, Colonel Igor Konashenkov.

Science and the Unknown

The first tests of a new Russian missile were unsuccessful. Photo from rus.ruvr.ru

29.09 11:28 First new intercontinental ballistic missile test ends in failure

The first test of a new ballistic missile for Russia’s strategic forces failed. The test took place at spaceport Plesetsk.

04.08 15:02 Renowned geographer Andrei Kapitsa, 80, dies in Moscow

The renowned physicist, member of RAS, chair of the environmental management sub-department at the Department of Geography at Moscow State University, Doctor of Science, Andrei Kapitsa died on 2 August in Moscow.

15.07 16:15 Soyuz-2 successfully delivers six U.S. communications satellites into orbit

The upper stage ‘Frigate’ of the revamped launch vehicle Soyuz-2.1a, which was launched on Wednesday at 6:27 Moscow time from Baikonur, has successfully placed six U.S. communications satellites Globalstar-2 into orbit, said a Federal Space Agency spokesman. "The control over the satellites has already been transferred to the customer. Thus, the Russian part of the program of delivering the Globalstar-2 satellites into the orbit is completed", said the space agency representative.