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Russia to lose $4-bln arms deal due to Libya turmoil

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The ongoing violence in Libya will cost Russia a $4-billion payday from an arms deal it had earlier agreed to with Moammar Gaddafi, according to the Interfax news agency, quoting Sergei Chemezov, head of the state holding company that controls arms exports.
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