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Russia Awards Crimean Bridge Contract to Putin Ally’s Company


A company whose main owner is a longtime ally of Russian President Vladimir Putin has been awarded a contract to build a bridge linking mainland Russia with the Crimean Peninsula.

A government order published Friday said Stroygazmontazh Corporation, whose majority owner is billionaire Arkady Rotenberg, was awarded the contract.

Reports out of Russia said the project’s estimated cost was $3 billion and that it must be completed by 2018.

Rotenberg has known the Russian leader since childhood, and the two have been judo partners in the past. The Associated Press said Rotenberg, 63, received the contract without the public tenders that are typically …read more

Source: Voice of America

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