RIA NOVOSTI – “Ukraine needs an alternative – apart from GPS, the GLONASS system is needed. This fits with the national interests of Ukraine – we cannot depend on only one system,” Semynozhenko said at a news briefing. Russia has proposed setting up a joint venture with Ukraine for the development and implementation of the GLONASS system, Akexander Gurko, the head of Russian company Information and Navigation Systems that is part of the GLONASS project, told a Russian-Ukraine economic forum on Tuesday. Read More