Envelope with bullet has been sent to Russian embassy in Tokio

On February 7, 2011 in the evening Russian embassy in Tokio has received the envelope via mail, in which the rifle bullet and letter with the demand to give Russian Kuril Islands back to Japan were put. Japanese government has declared some radical ideas concerning Russian Eastern territories.

Russian Foreign Ministry has confirmed the information of diplomat deportation from Ireland

Irish authorities declared on February 1 the impending deportation of Russian embassy official in Dublin due to a scandal about another falsification of the Irish passports. According to version of the Irish police, agents of Russian special services forged six passports using personal data of Irish citizens for engaging in espionage in the U.S.A.

Lost Military Satellite is Found by Americans

American Space Tracking System has detected the Russian military satellite "Geo-IK-2" which was lost on February 1, 2011 when launching from the space launching site "Plesetsk". Now there are efforts in Russian Military Ministry to identify the orbit parameters of the military satellite.

The U.S. National Anthem

New START

The New Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty has been finally adopted by the Lower House of the Russian Parliament on January 25, 2011. Earlier, on December 22, 2010 US Congress has adopted the treaty by a vote of 71 to 26 on the resolution of ratification. All (58) Democratic Senators with 13 Republican Senators have voted in favor of the resolution. Thereby, now the New START treaty is afoot.