RUSSIAN PRIME MINISTER TO SUPERVISE ARMS EXPORT COMPANY.

Prime Minister Victor Chernomyrdin will supervise the activities of Russia’s state-owned arms export and import company, Rosvooruzhenie, according to a government spokesman. The company has been accused of financial abuses by the Russian media, but leaders of Rosvooruzhenie maintain that the company has in fact been the target of a disinformation campaign run by foreign competitors. (RIA Novosti, July 15)

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