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Russia to export six billion dollars in weapons in 2008

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Moscow (AFP) June 8, 2008
Russia's public arms export agency, Rosoboronexport, will ship at least six billion dollars worth of weapons abroad this year, a Russian official told Interfax agency on Sunday.

Rosoboronexport has received weapons orders nearing 20 billion dollars (12.5 billion euros) for the next five to seven years, said Alexei Alyoshin -- head assistant to the public Russian company Rostekhnologyi, of which Rosoboronexport is a part.

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