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MOSCOW, June 17 Russia and the United States have signed a contract for the delivery of Russian Mi-17 helicopters for the Afghan army, a Russian government agency said Monday.

A cruise liner curves elegantly across a printed sea; above it, the large, red letters USSR blaze out of a yellow sky.

ARMAVIR, June 6 Russia's two new antimissile radars one in the Baltic exclave of Kaliningrad and the other in Siberia's Irkutsk Region will be launched in 2014, the Aerospace Defense Forces head said Thursday.

The newly launched radar in Armavir, southern Russia, and a new Russian naval force based in the Mediterranean "will help maintain global strategic stability and balances of power in individual regions of the world," Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu said on Thursday.

Armenia may be Moscow's best bet for a sovereign friend south of the Caucasus mountains, but careful political maneuvering by Yerevan suggests that Armenia is committed to maintaining personal space in this relationship and to keeping its options open.

Russia's new ambassador to China, Andrei Denisov, has promised to improve Beijing -Moscow relations based on mutual political trust.

Emboldened by recent gains on the ground and a new wave of support from his allies, Bashar al-Assad gave a new interview today, boasting about the arrival of new Russian missiles meant to scare off foreign intervention.

Moscow, May 24 Russia's new reusable spacecraft being developed by the Energia Rocket and Space Corporation will be able to make up to five space flights, the rocket maker said.