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http://english.ruvr.ru/2010/12/02/36094784.html
Dec 2, 2010 04:27 Moscow Time
A monument to three-times Academy award-winning American actor and director Woody Allen was unveiled on Wednesday in Russia’s westernmost city of Kaliningrad on the Baltic.
The monument, whose opening was timed for the actor’s 75th birthday, features a bronze hand holding Woody Allen’s signature goggles.
Woody Allen’s real name is Allen Stuart Konigsberg, just like Kaliningrad, formerly Konigsberg in Prussia.
He plans to visit the city shortly.
Russia's first lady awards Azerbaijani musicians
http://www.news.az/articles/culture/27575
Thu 02 December 2010 07:24 GMT | 8:24 Local Time
The gala concert of the second International festival was held at the Big Kremlin Palace in Moscow.
The gala concert of the second International festival "Emerging stars in the Kremlin" was held under patronage of Russian first lady Svetlana Medvedeva.
According to sources in the Ministry of Culture and Tourism, Azerbaijan was worthily represented by flute player Nijat Mammadov and Emil Bagirov (clarinet) among young performers of classical music.
The project has been implemented at the initiative of the spouse of the Russian president, president of the Fund of Social and Cultural Initiatives Svetlana Medvedeva. Other organizers of the festival are the International Charity Foundation of Vladimir Spivakov and the International Fund of Humanitarian cooperation of the CIS member-states.
After the concert the first lady of Russia Svetlana Medvedeva handed diplomas of gratitude and different awards and presents to musicians. Officials of the Azerbaijani embassy in Russia also attended the event.
2 Dec, 2010, 11.32AM IST,IANS
India tests BrahMos cruise missile
http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics/nation/India-tests-BrahMos-cruise-missile/articleshow/7027557.cms
BHUBANESWAR: India on Thursday test fired the supersonic cruise missile BrahMos from a military base in Orissa, defence sources said.
The missile was tested from the Integrated Test Range of Chandipur in Balasore, about 230 km from here, the sources said.
India and Russia are jointly designing the BrahMos missile, which is capable of carrying conventional warheads up to 200-300 kg and has a range of 290 km. The missile is named after the Brahmaputra (India) and Moskva (Russia) rivers.
India conducts BrahMos cruise missile test
http://en.rian.ru/mlitary_news/20101202/161587362.html
09:58 02/12/2010
India successfully test-fired the BrahMos supersonic cruise missile from a military base in the northeastern coastal state of Orissa on Thursday, the Press Trust of India (PTI) said.
The supersonic cruise missile with precision strike capability was test-fired from a mobile launcher at 11:00 local time (05:30 GMT) from the launch pad No. 3 of the Integrated Test Range at Chandipur.
"The trial was successful," defense sources told PTI without elaborating.
Defense authorities advised the local administration to temporarily shift 3,220 people living within the two-km radius from the launch pad as a safety measure. They were taken to nearby shelter centers ahead of the test.
The previous BrahMos test took place on September 5 and saw a cruise missile tested at supersonic speed in a steep-dive mode for the first time.
BrahMos Aerospace Ltd. is a Russian-Indian joint venture manufacturing supersonic cruise missiles.
The BrahMos missile has a range of 290 km (180 miles) and can carry a conventional warhead of up to 300 kg (660 lbs). It can effectively engage targets from an altitude as low as 10 meters (30 feet) and has a top speed of Mach 2.8, which is about three times faster than the U.S.-made subsonic Tomahawk cruise missile.
Established in 1998, BrahMos Aerospace manufactures and markets BrahMos supersonic missiles. Sea- and ground-launched versions have been successfully tested and put into service with the Indian Army and Navy.
NEW DELHI, December 2 (RIA Novosti)
Saudi MoDA, Rosoboronexport and military equipment
http://tacticalreport.com/view_news/Saudi_MoDA_Rosoboronexport_and_military_equipment/1507
(15$) Posted on: Wed, Dec 01, 2010
Russia’s arms exporter Rosoboronexport is said to have plans to provide the Saudi Ministry of Defence and Aviation (MoDA) with alluring offers for military equipment. The following 244-word report sheds light on the subject and tells what these offers are for. It also tells what about the Saudi reaction to reactivate contacts with the Russians on arms deals.
Insurgents In Daghestan Threaten Further Strikes On Russian Targets
http://www.speroforum.com/site/article.asp?id=44261&t=Insurgents+In+Daghestan+Threaten+Further+Strikes+On+Russian+Targets
The man named three months ago as commander of the Daghestan sector of the North Caucasus insurgency has warned that his group will continue to "inflict horrors" on Russian territory -- an allusion to the suicide bombings in the Moscow subway in which 40 people were killed.
Wednesday, December 01, 2010
By RFE/RL
Israpil Velijanov (aka Emir Khasan), who was named three months ago as commander of the Daghestan sector of the North Caucasus insurgency, has warned that the Riyadus Salikhiin Battalion subordinate to him will continue to "inflict horrors" on Russian territory -- an allusion to the suicide bombings in the Moscow subway in late March in which 40 people were killed.
Those bombings were perpetrated by two women from Daghestan and masterminded by Velijanov's predecessor as emir of Daghestan, Magomed Vagabov (nom de guerre Seyfullakh Gubdensky). Vagabov was killed in a counterterror operation by security forces on August 21.
Speaking at a meeting with five lower-level commanders, including the masked leader of the "Azerbaijan jamaat," on October 19, Velijanov announced (in halting and not 100 percent grammatical Russian) the appointments of Khasan, emir of the northern sector, and Salikh, emir of the central sector, as his two naibs (deputies). He also named Essa, a masked and heavily armed fighter present at the gathering, to head the Riyadus Salikhiin Battalion. A seven-minute video clip of Velijanov's address was posted today on the insurgency website kavkazcenter.com.
Velijanov also renewed, on behalf of himself and his men, their oath of loyalty to North Caucasus insurgency commander Doku Umarov. Despite the defection in August of four respected and experienced senior commanders and their men, Umarov still commands a group of some 30-40 fighters, to judge from a 21-minute video clip shot last month before the group broke camp. That video too is available on kavkazcenter.com.
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