Russian Expert Who 'Predicted' Attacks Warns of New Ones
Dr. Alexandr NemetsThursday, Oct. 4, 2001
The same Russian government expert who predicted last July that
America was
about to suffer a "financial attack" - and encouraged Russian
citizens to
cash out of dollars and buy rubles and gold - has again
surfaced to make
more stunning forecasts.
Dr. Tatyana Koryagina gained some credibility in the Russian
media because
of her prediction of an unusual catastrophe that was about to
hit the U.S.
She said it would take place on August 19 and would collapse
its economy.
Koryagina is a senior research fellow in the Institute of
Macroeconomic
Researches subordinated to Russian Ministry of Economic
Development
(Minekonom). She is reportedly close to Pres. Putin's inner
circle.
On July 12, 2001 Pravda published a page-one story on her
predictions
entitled "The Dollar and America Will Fall Down on August 19? -
That's the
Opinion of Dr. Tatyana Koryagina, Who Very Accurately Predicted
the August
Default in 1998."
In her July interview, Koryagiuna told Pravda: "The U.S. has
been chosen as
the object of financial attack because the financial center of
the planet is
located there. The effect will be maximal. The strike waves of
economic
crisis will spread over the planet instantly, and will remind
us of the
blast of a huge nuclear bomb."
Late last month, Pravda re-interviewed Dr. Koryagina to get her
take on the
events of Sept. 11.
Koryagina made the following key points in an article
entitled : "Who Will
Strike America in Its Back?":
New Strikes Will Come. In the near term, she said "the powerful
group" who
masterminded the events of Sept. 11 will make new strikes
against America -
of a financial nature and otherwise. She said they will "strike
America in
the back" and bring it down.
She noted that Americans are consolidating around their
government and
preparing retaliatory strikes against the "terrorists".
However, Americans
are trembling about spending. When they understand after the
upcoming, new
strikes, that their government can guarantee them nothing, they
will panic
-- causing a collapse of their financial system.
Didn't Make Serious Mistake. About her forecast made on 12
July, Dr.
Koryagina said, "I did not make a serious mistake. Indeed,
between 15 and 20
August, the dollar started trembling under the pressure of
multiple bad news
about the U.S. and world economy. And within weeks, the
Manhattan
skyscrapers fell down. As a result, a significant part of the
world
financial network was paralyzed. This strike was aimed at
destabilization
and destruction of America and (in domino fashion) all the
countries making
countless billions of dollars." The Powerful Group. Who is
behind these
strikes? Koryagina claims the U.S. is painting a false picture.
She said the
operation was not the work of 19 terrorists, but a larger group
seeking to
reshape the world. She claimed a group of extremely powerful
private
persons, with total assets of about $300 trillion, intends to
legalize its
power and to become the new world government. The September 11
strikes
showed that this group is afraid of nothing -- human lives have
zero value
for them.
Koryagina again encouraged Russian citizens to cash out of
dollars. The
Koryagina claims are not easily dismissed, especially her clear
indications
in the interview before Sept. 11 that the attacks on America's
financial
system would be of an unusual nature. Her comments also
mirrored similar
warnings issued by Russian officials.
Still, this story raises other questions. Did the Russian
government know in
advance and what was their involvement?
On 28 September the Washington Times reported that "U.S.
intelligence
agencies have uncovered information that Russian criminal
groups have been
supplying Osama bin Laden and his al-Qaida terrorist network
with components
for chemical, biological and nuclear weapons."
Of course, the Russian mafia has very close ties with Russia's
intelligence
agencies.
It is important to note Russia is a significant backer of
almost every state
sponsor of terrorism, some with links to bin Laden's group.
These include
Iraq, Iran, Syria, Libya, North Korea and Cuba.
Editor's note: Col. Stanislav Lunev, Russia's highest-anking
military
defector warns in "CIA Files" new details of Russia's links to
terrorists
and the nations that support them.
Dr. Nemets is a consultant to the American Foreign Policy
Council (AFPC). An
expert in Chinese-Russian strategic-military alliance
development, he has
spent the last several years researching Chinese and Russian
economic and
military issues. Dr. Nemets worked from 1986-92 at the
Presidium of Russian
Academy of Sciences. He immigrated to the United States in
December 1994.
Expert: Russia Knew in Advance, Encouraged Citizens to Cash Out
Dollars
Dr. Alexandr Nemets
Monday, September 17, 2001
Russian press accounts and other activities by the Russian
government this
summer indicate that the Russian knew in advance that something
would happen
to America, including a "financial attack" against the U.S.
During the past three months, Russian media and officials have
encouraged
citizens to cash out of U.S. dollars pending an economic
collapse there
after an "attack."
Currently, the dominant view of the media is that the terrorist
actions in
New York City and Washington were just a "thunder bolt from the
blue sky."
Could it be? Yes, a well organized group accomplished these
dastardly acts.
But just how well organized was it?
Obviously, President Bush and Vice-President Cheney are
targeting the powers
behind these terrorist groups, the states that give them safe
harbor and
backing.
Sponsors of state terrorism include Iran, Iraq, Libya, Cuba,
North Korea,
Sudan, and Syria.
Did you know that all of these countries have very close ties
with Russia
and her military/intelligence agencies?
Could it be that the Russians actually expected this in advance
and even
counted on it, discussing the possible consequences?
My suspicions were raised this July and August as I scanned and
sifted
through all of Russia's major newspapers.
Considering Russia's close ties to these terrorist countries,
Russian
activities need close scrutiny.
Pravda Wrote of Financial 'Attack' on U.S.
Consider the July 12, 2001 page-one report in Pravda - still
considered the
establishment voice of Russia's old guard communists who
control the
military and intelligence agencies.
The Pravda article was entitled "The Dollar and America Will
Fall Down on
August 19? - That's the Opinion of Dr. Tatyana Koryagina, Who
Very
[accurately] predicted the August Default in 1998."
This article struck me for several reasons. Major newspapers so
closely
aligned with the government do not attempt to create panic or
fear in the
public -- unless the government wants this information to be
publicly aired.
Also, a major newspaper would be reluctant to print a major
prediction for
which it could be held accountable.
This Pravda article was published about the same time as
another strange
event that took place in early July in the Russian State Duma.
The Duma held a conference entitled "On the measures to provide
the
development of Russian economy in the environment of
destabilization of the
world financial system."
The chairman of the Duma Commission on Economic Politics, Dr.
Sergei
Glazyev, headed the hearings.
Some prominent foreigners, including Lyndon Larouche from the
U.S. and
Malaysian Ambassador in Russia, Yacha Baba, were among the
participants.
Tatyana Koryagina made a statement at the end of hearings - as
a Russian
expert in the shadow economy, shadow politics and conspirology.
She is a senior research fellow in the Institute of
Macroeconomic Researches
subordinated to Russian Ministry of Economic Development
(Minekonom). The
main theme of the Duma hearings was the rapidly approaching
economic crash
of the U.S.
The hearings focused on preparing recommendations for President
Putin as to
what Russia should to do to soften the consequences of this
coming
catastrophe.
Pravda also detailed its own interview with Dr. Koryagina.
Here is an excerpt:
Question. All the participants at the hearings stated that
America is a huge
financial pyramid, which will crash soon. Still, it is hard to
understand
how this could happen in the first and richest country of the
world -
without a war, without missile or bomb strikes?
Koryagina: Besides bombs and missiles, there are other kinds of
weaponry,
much more destructive ones. . . .
Question: Well, economic theory. But how it is possible for you
to give an
exact date (for the U.S. crash) - August 19?
Koryagina: The U.S. is engaged in a mortal economic game. The
known history
of civilization is merely the visible part of the iceberg.
There is a shadow
economy, shadow politics and also a shadow history, known to
conspirologists. There are (unseen) forces acting in the world,
unstoppable
for (most powerful) countries and even continents.
Question: Just these forces intend to smash America on August
19?
Koryagina: 'There are international, "super-state" and "super-
government"
groups. In accordance with tradition, the mystical and
religious components
play extremely important roles in human history' One must take
into account
the shadow economy, shadow politics and the religious
component, while
predicting the development of the present financial situation.
Question. Still I don't understand what could be done to this
giant country
[i.e., the U.S.], whose budget is calculated in the trillions
of dollars.
Koryagina: It is possible to do anything to the U.S. . . .whose
total debt
has reached $26 trillion. Generally, the Western economy is at
the boiling
point now. Shadow financial actives of $300 trillion are
hanging over the
planet. At any moment, they could fall on any stock exchange
and cause panic
and crash. The recent crisis in Southeast Asia, which touched
Russia, was a
rehearsal.
Question: . . .What is the sense of smashing just America?
Koryagina: The U.S. has been chosen as the object of financial
attack
because the financial center of the planet is located there.
The effect will
be maximal. The strike waves of economic crisis will spread
over the planet
instantly, and will remind us of the blast of a huge nuclear
bomb.
Question: Did Russia's crisis of 1998 have this religious-
mystical
component?
Koryagina: . . .The Russian crisis of 1998 was preconditioned
by internal
factors. Yeltsin's policy enlarged its consequences. Now we
have President
Putin, and this is a good choice.
Question: What do we have to do now?
Koryagina: Recommendations, compiled by the Duma Commission of
Economic
Politics after the recent Duma hearings, offer instruction on
what should be
done to escape the consequences of a world crisis inspired by a
financial
catastrophe in the U.S. This document will be sent - or has
already been
sent - to President Putin.
Question: What should Russian citizens do?
Koryagina: They should start changing their dollars for rubles.
President
Putin and the Russian Central Bank are already taking the
necessary healthy
measures. There are high chances that after 19 August the ruble
will become
a very good currency.
Question: Why 19 August and, say, not the 21st?
Koryagina: Some fluctuation in this date is possible. Serious
forces are
acting against THOSE WHO ARE NOW PREPARING THE ATTACK ON THE
UNITED STATES.
August, with very high probability, will bring the financial
catastrophe to
the U.S. . . .The last 10 days of August have especial
importance from a
religious-sensible point of view.
It is important to note this story was not an isolated one, or
a cute, human
interest story as one may find occasionally on the cover of the
Wall Street
Journal.
It was a serious news report, and story, discussed widely in
Russia,
including on national TV programs. The thrust of the story was
that Russian
officials were strongly encouraging its citizens to cash out of
the U.S.
dollar.
It is also important to understand that Dr. Koryagina is one of
the leading
economists in a Russian social group which, from the very
beginning, has
fiercely opposed "radical economic reform" in Russia. She is a
firm
supporter of President Putin.
She and her network actively support Putin, especially his
foreign policy
aimed at the diminishing America's global role.
In particular, they support Putin's policy of engagement of
Iran, Iraq and
other nations of concern. Dr. Koryagina herself should be
considered as an
insightful, well-connected and well-informed person.
Dr. Koryagina says much about the invisible and
unstoppable "international
mystical-religious forces" preparing an attack on the U.S.
It looks like she knows the real nature of these forces and
tries to
disguise them in a "conspiratorial fog."
She is sure that such an attack or strike of some kind - sudden
and
effective enough - will really take place, and will cause panic
and an
ensuing crash of the U.S. financial system and the world
financial system,
already unstable. However, Dr. Koryagina evidently does not
know the exact
mechanism of the attack.
Duma Warned Citizens to Cash out Dollars
The hearings in the Duma, which has become a rubber stump for
President
Putin, have been inspired without doubt by the Kremlin, "taking
the
necessary healthy measures" in advance of a U.S. crash and
world crisis.
The Kremlin clearly is thinking how it should operate in
the "new world"
after the expected U.S. crash.
It is my belief that the Kremlin provided Dr. Koryagina with a
very small
part of its information on the forthcoming attack against the
U.S.
Another article on this same theme was published by Pravda on
July 17, 2001.
It was an interview with the Chairman of the Duma Commission on
Economic
Politics Dr. Sergei Glazyev--indeed, one of the most prominent
Russian
economists.
The article was entitled "The Dollar and the U.S. Could Fall at
Any Moment."
Dr. Glazyev, in his answers, did not mention the forces
preparing an attack
on the U.S. and its financial system.
He merely discussed the forms and scales of the forthcoming
financial
catastrophe in the U.S. and its consequences for Russia -
mostly, beneficial
ones if the necessary measures are taken in advance.
In particular, like Dr. Koryagina, Dr. Glazyev advised the
Russian public to
change dollars for rubles and predicted that "the ruble will
become the
reserve currency for Eurasia, particularly in trade with China
and India."
Third Article, More Media
Pravda published a third article on this theme on 31 July - 1
August 2001.
This article was called "The Dollar and the U.S. Will Fall" and
compiled in
the form of an interview with the Malaysian Ambassador in
Russia.
Other Moscow newspapers published articles of this kind also.
As a result, New York's Russian-language TV channel in early
August was
forced to state that "the Moscow rumors are ungrounded." Within
a few days
the public forgot all about this story.
The tone of Moscow economists predicting the crash of the U.S.
financial-economic system is confident and somewhat
delightful: "Finally, it
is going to happen!"
They are not only discussing the future, they are evidently
trying to issue
a self-fulfilling prophecy transforming this future into the
present. This
is because the prospects described in the above articles are
extremely
attractive for the Russian elite for the following reasons:
a) It will become possible to pay off Russia's huge foreign
debts with
devalued dollars; it would be really easy enough if oil prices
jumped to
$100 per barrel or more.
b) Russia would become really equal among a weakened G-8 group
of nations.
c) Investment conditions in Russia would become really
attractive - in
comparison to the bleak global background. Russia could become
the goal of
huge foreign investment.
d) If the U.S. military might is undermined (and it might be,
if the
financial system collapses), Russia will regain its control
over the former
Soviet republics, spread it to the Balkans and will reacquire
its former
super-empire status.
Such a prize, such a temptation for the criminal
Russian "elite"! One small
push, and such great booty! While reading these articles, it is
almost
possible to visualize how they are licking their lips with
excitement.
So, those in Moscow had very serious reasons not to share
information with
the U.S. about the coming attack on the latter - if they indeed
had such
information.
Very likely, they did, and the maximum amount of information
was
concentrated in the Kremlin. According to numerous statements
published by
prominent U.S. economists after the tragedy, the time and
places of the
attacks were chosen--more precisely, pretty well calculated, as
if the
terrorists or those backing them had tried to do their best to
undermine the
U.S. financial system and political system and to cause a
financial-economic
crisis in the U.S.
There is some evidence that one jet, a TWA plane at JFK
Airport, did not
take off and perhaps another crash was thwarted. Was it
intended for the New
York Stock Exchange?
"It wasn't a healthy economy to begin with, and this could be
just enough to
push us into a mild recession and render a blow to consumer
confidence," one
of these economists told the UPI.
He continued: "There has been a complete disruption of
passenger flights.
Besides the airline industry, tourism, retail and the shipping
sectors will
feel the negative effects of Tuesday's attack. Tougher security
measures now
in place at the nation's airports will increase shipping and
travel expenses
that will be passed along to the consumer."
And the consumer confidence index, low already, declined
additionally.
However, those in Moscow very probably waited for much greater
effects.
Remarkably, immediately after the events in New York and
Washington -- at
approximately 6 P.M. Moscow time -- the dollar exchange rate in
Moscow
street exchanges fell from 29 rubles to 15-20 rubles--as if the
Moscow
financial experts had awaited the strikes or expected greater
panic and
collapse.
It is important to note that such a great fluctuation in the
exchange rate
happened in no other world capital. The next day, the dollar in
Moscow
gradually returned to its previous exchange rate.
A network of terrorists groups -- mostly in the U.S. and Middle
East -- were
merely the fingers implementing the terrorist strikes.
After all, Arab terrorists groups are supported by rogue
nations --Libya,
Syria, Iran, Iraq, Sudan.
These countries are "hands."
U.S. Needs to Look at Source
Now, if the U.S. and NATO forces carry out retaliatory strikes
on
Afghanistan, the "hands" will be punished.
And where is the body, the heart of the beast?
And who provides the advanced military technology--including
that needed for
"special actions"--to these nations of concern? Who supports
them in the UN?
After all, who demonstrates daily the desire to diminish or
undermine
America's global influence?
Moscow and Beijing. And Moscow, probably, is even more evil and
impudent.
Let us think about the Moscow rulers.
Yes, of course, Putin immediately sent condolences to President
Bush and the
American people.
It should be taken into account here that, in September 1999
Putin
consummately used the apartment explosions in Moscow and
Volgodonsk
(KGB-organized actions, in the opinion of most of the Russian
media and in
the opinion of the author) to gain supreme power in Russia.
Now the Kremlin is making statements about a "joint struggle
against world
terrorism," about "the ties between the actions in New York and
the actions
in Moscow in September 1999."
Indeed, these are probably closely tied to one another, and the
same forces
are remaining behind the actions in New York and in Moscow. But
what is the
real name of these forces? The investigation should go to the
bottom of the
barrel and provide the proper answer.
Editor's note: NewsMax columnist, Col. Stanislav Lunev, has
warned of
Russia's plans against the U.S. NewsMax has just published his
audiotape set
calle "CIA Files."
Dr. Nemets is a consultant to Science Applications
International Corp.
(SAIC) and American Foreign Policy Council (AFPC). An expert in
Chinese-Russian strategic-military alliance development, he has
spent the
last several years researching Chinese and Russian economic and
military
issues. Dr. Nemets worked from 1986-92 at the Presidium of
Russian Academy
of Sciences. He immigrated to the United States in December
1994.
Russia Increases Military Buildup
Col. Stanislav Lunev
Wednesday, Sept. 19, 2001
Col. Stanislav Lunev is the highest-ranking military spy ever
to defect from
Russia. He continues as a security consultant to the U.S.
government. He
filed this report from an undisclosed location in Europe.
While Washington talks about building a closer relationship
with Russia's
President Vladimir Putin, Moscow continues its military buildup
by
developing and deploying new generations of its weapons
systems. Many of
these systems, if not all of them, were especially designed for
a war
against the U.S. and its friends and allies - in other words,
to kill
Americans.
According to media reports, at the end of last year a third
group of the new
intercontinental nuclear missile "Topol-M" was deployed at a
base in the
southwest, as a part of Moscow efforts to make this the rugged,
extremely
hard-to-detect weapon the backbone of its nuclear forces.
A regiment at the Tatischevo base in the Saratov region was
equipped with
SS-27 (NATO classification for "Topol-M"), which was designed
for the
penetration of an American National Missile Defense system
(NMD) if it ever
becomes operational.
Before last year's deployment, Russia already had 20 SS-27s in
service, 10
per regiment, all deployed in 1998 and 1999. This missile can
be fired from
a mobile launcher, making it harder to detect and more likely
to survive a
first strike in a nuclear war. It was designed to replace older
missiles
that have outlived their service or must be dismantled under
arms control
agreements. Some experts have said the SS-27 could be converted
to carry
several warheads, a change that would violate START II.
Recently Russia has conducted a test of a long-range missile
with a new
jet-powered last stage, or so-called "scramjet," designed to
defeat U.S.
missile defenses. The flight test of an SS-25 ICBM took place
in July from a
launch site in Central Russia and it was tracked to an impact
area several
thousand miles away on the Kamchatka Peninsula. Its last stage
was a
high-speed Mach 5 (five times the speed of sound or more)
cruise missile
that flew within the Earth's atmosphere at the altitude of
about 100,000
feet.
However, while deploying new missiles, Moscow continues
modernization of its
older weapons. For example, Russia recently carried out a test
launch of an
aging strategic missile RS-18 (code-named Stiletto by the West)
from
Baikonur cosmodrome in neighboring Kazakhstan. This missile
test , which
successfully hit the target area on one of the Kamchatka
islands off
Russia's Pacific coast, followed a statement by a Moscow
military official,
saying Russia would offer strategic missiles to launch
commercial payloads
into space.
In his words, about 250 such missiles would be available by
2009 and the
proceeds from their sale could reach about $700 million. The
test also
confirmed the reliability of the aging missile complex, despite
its being in
operation longer than originally intended.
According to the Russian press, in the near future Russia's
Navy will
commission a new nuclear-powered submarine named Gepard
(Cheetah), which is
designed to carry cruise missiles with nuclear warheads. The
tests of Gepard
had started in Arctic waters in early December 2000, just
months after the
tragic sinking of the Kursk nuclear submarine with 118 men on
board.
The Gepard will be Russia's 13th submarine of what NATO
classifies as the
Akula class. The new nuclear-powered submarine is half the
length of the
505-foot Kursk and would have a crew of 67. The Kursk is still
lying on the
seabed, but Russia continues its efforts for the development of
its navy.
In June, Russia has begun testing a new, super-quiet, nuclear-
powered attack
submarine. According to Russian navy officials, the new sub,
the
Severodvinsk, "beats the newest Western subs in most measures,
including
noise level". This submarine was being tested at sea but was
not yet
complete. It could take several months of sea tests before the
Severodvinsk
is commissioned.
At the same time, Russia has begun production of a new anti-
submarine
torpedo system capable of hitting targets 2.7 miles away and up
to 3,200
feet beneath the surface. This weapon, called RPK-8, would
represent an
advance beyond most current torpedoes, which cab reach a depth
of only about
2,240 to 2,560 feet, and has good prospects for sales in
international arms
markets. In addition to submarines, the new torpedo system
could be also be
used against other torpedoes and underwater objects near the
surface.
According to the Moscow press, the Russian navy is deploying a
high-speed
underwater missile, Shkval-E, which is fired from a torpedo
tube, travels
underwater at speed of 200 to 224 miles per hour - three to
four times
faster than conventional torpedoes. Shkval-E is capable of
sinking surface
ships, protecting ports and blocking straits. The U.S. Navy is
said to have
very limited defenses against these high-speed underwater
missiles.
The Russian government is also continuing to increase its arms
sales abroad
and considers the growing military strength of rogue nations as
a sufficient
support to its own military preparations. Moscow is selling its
arms abroad
for a quick cash as and also because Russia's military brass
believes that
when many of the rogue states have nuclear and missile weapons
America,
limited by international arms control agreements will not be
able to
maintain its policy of strategic deterrence.
Col. Stanislav Lunev is the highest-ranking military spy ever
to defect from
Russia. He continues as a security consultant to the U.S.
government. He
filed this report from an undisclosed location in Europe.
Moscow is very careful about its secret weapons of mass
destruction and
related technology sales and is closing these deals using all
possible
covert means. But their conventional weapons are ready for sale
in the arms
bazaars to everybody who is willing to pay. Currently, Russian
items for
sale including such weapon systems as SU-27 and SU-30 fighter-
bombers,
Sovremenny-class destroyers with SS-N-22 missiles, Kilo-class
submarines,
S-300 surface to air missile complexes and many others.
We know that there is no question against whom these systems
were designed.
For example, Russian TV showed just exactly how the new Pechora
air-defense
missile system can destroy the American F-117 Stealth jets, and
the Russian
arms merchants advertise this weapon as a "Safer Sky" product
with
"immunity" to electronic counter-measures.
Over the past several years, while the Russian economy in
general has fallen
off a cliff, Moscow arms dealers have prospered on Chinese,
Iranian, Iraqi,
and other rogue nation money. According to intelligence
experts, a new model
Sovremenny-class destroyer for China is secretly under
development in
Russia. It will have vertical launch tubes and the latest
missiles,
especially designed for fighting against the U.S. Navy and will
dramatically
increase Beijing's military capabilities.
Russia also has announced increased military cooperation with
Iran,
including a major arms deal, over the explicit objection of the
U.S. State
Department. The Iranian deal, including spare parts for armored
vehicles and
combat tanks, as well as different weapons systems, came
shortly after
Russia repudiated a secret understanding with the Clinton-Gore
team to
restrict weapons sales to Iran.
In February, Russia and India signed a deal for at least $600
million for
310 of the latest model of Russia's T-90 main battle tanks.
According to an
agreement, India would buy 124 of the tanks ready-built and
assemble the
rest. Previously India had bought high-tech SU-30 fighters from
Russia, and
most of this country's 3,500 tanks are Russian made.
Last May, a group of Russian scientists arrived in India to
test
Russian-made surface-to-air OSA-AK missiles being used by the
Indian
military. The anti-aircraft missiles are deployed by India's
Air Force and
were showcased for the first time in last May's war field
exercises in the
Thar Desert.
In violation of its obligations as a member of the Nuclear
Suppliers Group,
recently Russia has shipped nuclear fuel to the Tarapur power
reactors in
India. The Tarapur reactors near Bombay are under the
International Atomic
Energy Agency safeguards, but some other Indian nuclear
facilities are not,
and this country is pursuing a nuclear weapons program.
A list of Russia's new weapons and arms sales abroad could be
continued for
many pages, but if 30 years ago only nine countries possessed
ballistic
missiles, today that number has increased to 28 nations -
thanks to the
Russian efforts in arms proliferation. If this tendency
continues at the
same speed, the strategic global military situation will be
changed very
soon, and our world will be even far less safe.
Russia Test Fires ICBM
NewsMax.com Wires
Wednesday, Oct. 3, 2001
MOSCOW -- Russia test-fired an intercontinental ballistic
missile Wednesday,
hitting a target in the Far East, Interfax news agency reported.
A 15-year-old Topol RC-12M missile was fired from a mobile
launcher in
Plesetsk, northern Russia, with the task of
