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Russia aims to modernize its defense industry in the near future

Moscow, Russia - Putin plans to allocate 641 billion Dollars for this program

Russian prime minister Vladimir Putin said that the government is planning to adopt a new program on the modernization of the country's defense industry in the near future. Russia needs a strong and modernized defense industry to carry out its ambitious state rearmament program until 2020. A comprehensive rearmament of Russia's armed forces is expected to begin in 2011. It will see the share...

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Rome, Italy, 02/01/2011 19:41
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