RUSSIA TO INCREASE SALES OF SHOTGUNS TO US.

Under the termsof a partial agreement at the Chernomyrdin-Gore commission inJuly, Moscow will increase its sales of shotguns and other smallarms in the United States, Russian radio reported August 16. Russianofficials said they expected to realize about $1 billion fromsuch sales over the next seven years. Meanwhile, Russian deputypremier Oleg Soskovets pressed the government to increase itsassistance to those Russian firms selling arms abroad.

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