German Model
Chinese Premier ZHU Rongji said in Berlin on Friday, that China is ready to leave behind its socialist system and peculiarities and establish a society based on the rule of law, the, Hong Kong iMail reported on Saturday.
THE BALKAN CRISIS GAVE RISE TO A NEW SOVIET UNION.
The direct result of the NATO's air strike against the Balkan Peninsula was the birth of a "new Soviet Union". The history will prove that this was the last result that the NATO had wished to see and that for the NATO, of course, it is the worst strategic mistake of this century.
RUSSIA SIGNS DEAL TO MODERNIZE MALAYSIA'S MIG FIGHTERS
Representatives of Russia's state-owned arms export agency, Rosvoorzuzhenie and the MiG aircraft manufacturer, have signed a S32 million deal to modernize Malaysia's current fleet of MiG-29 fighter planes. Interfax reported on 16 October that under the contract, concluded in Kuala Lumpur, 18 jets received by Malaysia in 1994 will be equipped with a mid-air refueling system that meets NATO standards, a larger payload, and more advanced weaponry.
Russian bombers train to strike U.S.
By Bill Gertz
Russia's strategic bomber forces recently carried out simulated nuclear bombing raids against the United States in exercises that included test firings of long-range cruise missiles, The Washington Times has learned.
Russian Military Decline Exaggerated
Helsinki Helsingin Sanomat in Finnish 28 May 1998 [translation for personal use only] Article by Unto Hamalainen: "Researcher Stefan Forss: Russian Military in Better Shape Than the West Thinks"