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State capital investments into serial production of armaments and military hardware in 2009-2011 will total about $35.3 billion, a first deputy chairman of Russia’s military-industrial commission said Monday.
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Russia signed a deal with Georgia’s two breakaway regions Thursday giving Moscow the power to guard their borders.
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