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July 29, 2014

Putin defiant in face of new EU arms sanctions
Moscow (AFP) July 28, 2014
President Vladimir Putin on Monday urged Russia's defence industry to swiftly cut imports as the EU looks set to impose a ban on the sale of weapons and technology over Ukraine. Putin said that Russia's arms industry is "definitely" capable of producing everything the country needs at a meeting on how to combat the sanctions at his residence outside Moscow. Russia will focus "on speeding up import-substitution efforts in the national defence industry and on the broadest possible switch to domest ... read more

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