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RUSSIAN DEFENCE MINISTER: RUSSIA TO SUPPLY S-300 SYSTEMS TO BELARUS
It is unimportant, whether it will be lease or some other form of property transfer, the minister underlined. "The most important is that they /the systems/ will be put to ready alert," he said.

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NATO SECRETARY GENERAL FAILS TO CONVINCE MOSCOW MOSCOW. (RIA Novosti military commentator Viktor Litovkin) The official visit of Nato Secretary General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer to Moscow failed to impress the Russian leadership, many experts believe. One reason for their scepticism is that, after their meeting, President Vladimir Putin and Jaap de Hoop Scheffer did not meet Kremlin-accredited reporters to answer their questions, which is unusual. Evidently, they had no optimistic statements to make, their colleagues decided, and they were probably not far off the mark.