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Russia to sell 34 helicopters to China by August

MOSCOW – Russia will finalize the sale of 34 transportation helicopters to China by August, the Interfax news agency reported Friday. The Mi-171 helicopters are being built in a plant in Russia’s Buryat republic. The plant is a part of the Russian Helicopters holding. The plant’s CEO, Leonid Belykh, said the contract […]

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Putin: West has no right to kill Gadhafi

COPENHAGEN – Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin sharply criticised the Western coalition attacking Libya on Tuesday, saying it had neither a right nor a mandate to kill Muammar Gadhafi. Putin said the coalition had gone beyond the bounds of a U.N. Security Council resolution authorising intervention to protect civilians and suggested Gadhafi’s actions […]