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 by Staff Writers Moscow (AFP) Jan 18, 2018
Russia announced Thursday the creation of a state-owned bank to finance its defence industry which has encountered difficulties in obtaining financing due to US sanctions. In a statement the Russian finance ministry said the bank would specialise in "conducting operations related to state defence orders and large state contracts." Russian media have presented the opening of such a bank as a means to protect the country's other lenders from Western sanctions on Russia's military-industrial complex over the conflict in eastern Ukraine, including recently tightened US measures. At the end of December, one of Russia's leading private banks, Alfa, said it would stop working with firms in the defence sector because of the US sanctions. Russian media have said the bank could be created on the base of an existing medium-sized bank. Without mentioning any details, the finance ministry said in its statement the bank would soon become the property of the state.
Norway wealth fund bans 9 groups, including BAE SystemsOslo (AFP) Jan 16, 2018 Norway's $1 trillion sovereign wealth fund, the world's largest, has excluded nine groups, including the UK's military equipment maker BAE Systems, from its portfolio based on ethical grounds, the Norwegian central bank said on Tuesday. The British defence group, along with the US firms Aecom, Fluor and Huntington Ingalls Industries have been banned for producing components to build nuclear ... read more Related Links The Military Industrial Complex at SpaceWar.com Learn about the Superpowers of the 21st Century at SpaceWar.com
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