Putin defiant in face of new EU arms sanctions
Moscow (AFP) July 28, 2014 - President Vladimir Putin on Monday urged Russia's defence industry to swiftly cut imports as the EU looks set to impose a ban on the sale of weapons and technology over Ukraine. Putin said that Russia's arms industry is "definitely" capable of producing everything the country needs at a meeting on how to combat the sanctions at his residence outside Moscow. Russia will focus "on speeding ... more

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