OREANDA-NEWS. January 28, 2009. The next meeting of the Presidium of the Russian Government is to take place. The agenda of the meeting, scheduled to start in 2pm, includes 10 different issues, informs Press Office of the Russian Government.
  
One of the topics to be discussed, is draft Federal Law "On Ratification of the Agreement between the Government of the Russian Federation and the Government of the Federative Republic of Brazil on the Mutual Protection of Technologies Related to Cooperation in the Space Exploration and Utilization for Peaceful Purposes".
  
Official website of the Russian Government reports the following (extract):
  
"The purpose of the Agreement is to establish Russian-Brazilian cooperation and understanding on the protection of technologies in bilateral space cooperation programs regarding high-technology and science areas (including rockets), which are beneficial for the Russian Federation.
  
The agreement provides for security guarantees and prevents misuse of the exported Russian products and technologies by the end-users.
  
The agreement will apply to all types of cooperative space activities, including transportation of the licensed products from one state to the other...
  
...This agreement is to maintain national interests of Russia in the context of long-term cooperation with Brazil in the high space-rocket technology, and meets the needs of "technological alliance" between the two countries, according to the objectives set-up by the Presidents of the Russian Federation and the Federal Republic of Brazil.
  
Implementation of the Agreement will not entail additional costs from the federal budget".