DUMA CALLS ON GOVERNMENT TO AID DEFENSE INDUSTRIES, ABKHAZIA.

In a resolution passed July 14, the Duma urged the governmentto pay its debts to the defense sector lest the country’s defenseindustry collapse, Russian radio reported July 14. The deputiesalso called on Moscow to provide aid to Abkhazia, and sharplycriticized Federation Council chairman Vladimir Shumeiko’s negativeremarks about the Abkhaz leadership, Russian television reportedJuly 14.

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