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Posted on 11/20/2003 6:15:45 AM PST by Pan_Yans Wife
US blacklists Russian arms firm selling to Iran
Nick Paton Walsh in Moscow Thursday September 18, 2003 The Guardian
The US has accused Russia of selling an advanced weapon to Iran and imposed sanctions on the state company involved. The action has been taken just days before the Russian president, Vladimir Putin, is due to meet George Bush at the US presidential retreat, Camp David.
Tula KBP, a state-owned company making anti-aircraft and anti-missile devices, has been banned from doing business with the US and US companies for a year for selling the laser-guided Krasnopol M artillery shells to Iran.
Washington classifies Iran as a state sponsor of terrorism, and suspects it of having a nuclear weapons programme, under cover of a civil nuclear energy programme, in which Russian technology may play a part.
Yesterday the US undersecretary of state for arms control and international security, John Bolton, arrived in Moscow to discuss nuclear proliferation.
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