MOSCOW, June 22 (RIA Novosti) - A Russian Zenit-3SLB carrier rocket launched from the Baikonur space center put Malaysia"s Measat-3a communications satellite into orbit on Monday, a Federal Space Agency Roscosmos official said.
Russia has defeated Canada and Saudi Arabia in a tender for a plot of land in downtown Paris and will build a spiritual and cultural center on the banks of the Seine River near the Eiffel Tower.
Iran has issued permission for a Russian Su-27 Flanker fighter to overfly its territory en route to an international air show in Bahrain, an Iranian embassy official said Tuesday.