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Russia’s Titanium Giant VSMPO-Avisma Receives $75M Back Tax Claim — Paper

The world’s largest titanium producer, Russia’s VSMPO-Avisma, has received back tax claims for 2005 for a sum of 2 billion rubles ($75 million). This information was reported by Russian daily Kommersant, which quoted company sources, on Tuesday, July 4.

LISA VRONSKAYA

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Moscow Hit by Wine Crisis

Wine shelves went empty in grocery stores and supermarkets across the Russian capital in June, as suppliers and retailers followed the government’s order to remove all imported wines and spirits with old excise labels from sale by July 1.

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Genealogy of Fifth Generation Fighters

The more talk there is about fifth-generation fighters, the more often the question arises: what exactly is a fifth-generation fighter? A special report from Lenta.ru traces back to the roots of this highly sought after aircraft.

GIDI WEITZ AND AMIR BEN-DAVID

Yediot Ahronot

Gazrprom’s Eye Fixed on Israel

Israel and Russia have started negotiations on contracts for the supply of natural gas and the construction of a pipeline to carry it. Who will profit from the billion-dollar deal? Gidi Weitz and Amir Ben-David at Yediot Ahronot, the Seven Days weekend magazine, search for a key to the puzzle.

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Ukraine’s Football Achievements Mean a Brighter Future for Children — Shevchenko

Ukraine’s Andriy Shevchenko is one of more than 100 football greats serving as a FIFA charity ambassador. In an interview to SOS-Kinderhof International, Shevchenko explains his decision to take part in the Children’s Villages project, speaking about the situation in his homeland of Ukraine and the chances that Ukraine and Germany have at the World Cup.

Cars Dive into Moscow Canal

One after another, a blue BMW and a red convertible broke through an embankment and plunged into the waters of the Moscow Canal in the center of the city. What happened was not actually a tragedy, not a real one, at least.