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The American Depository Receipts (ADRs) of Russian metals company Mechel fell 33% on the New York stock exchange on Thursday after criticism by the Russian premier of the company's sales policies and its owner's activities.

The American Depository Receipts (ADRs) of Russian metals company Mechel fell almost 15.5% on the New York stock exchange on Thursday after criticism by the Russian premier of the company's sales policies and its owner's activities. 
Russia's Northern Fleet Tu-142 Bear and Il-38 May anti-submarine aircraft have tested new electronic equipment and precision-guided weapons over the Barents and Norwegian Sea, a Navy spokesman said on Thursday. 
Ukraine's president said Thursday that preparations for the withdrawal by 2017 of Russia's Black Sea Fleet from Ukrainian territory should begin now. 
The deployment of Russian nuclear-capable strategic bombers in Cuba to counter U.S. missile defense plans in Europe would be a destructive move, a Russian military expert said Thursday.

The deployment of Russian nuclear-capable strategic bombers in Cuba to counter U.S. missile defense plans in Europe would be a destructive move, a Russian military expert said Thursday. 
Venezuela may purchase man-portable air defense systems, Il-76 transport planes and T-90 tanks from Russian in the near future, a Russian political analyst said Thursday. 
Russian S-300 air-defense missile systems would enable Venezuela to fully ensure the security of its hydrocarbon resources, a Russian military expert said Thursday. 
Russian railroad troops have almost completed work to repair a rail line in Georgia's breakaway republic of Abkhazia, the Russian Defense Ministry said on Thursday. 
Germany has passed on to Russia materials on the 2006 murder of security service defector Alexander Litvinenko, Russia's top investigators said on Thursday. 
Russia's foreign minister said on Thursday that Moscow was against "narrowly-defined" military-political structures in the Asia-Pacific region, and called for pan-Asian efforts to deal with security issues. 
Russian strategic bombers may soon be deployed at airbases in Cuba, Venezuela and Algeria as a response to the U.S. missile shield in Europe and NATO's expansion, Russian daily Izvestia said on Thursday. 



