STOCKHOLM - Russian arms makers' sales soared 20 percent in 2013, bucking a slowdown in other countries' industries, largely thanks to a Kremlin push to modernise its military, the SIPRI think tank said on Dec. 15.
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Participants perform during the Spasskaya Tower international military and music Festival on Red Square in Moscow on Aug. 30, 2014.