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Russia says plane in Venezuela carried rotation of military specialists - TASS

Russia says plane in Venezuela carried rotation of military specialists - TASS
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MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia's Foreign Ministry said on Wednesday that the Russian air force plane that landed in Venezuela this week was carrying a rotation of military specialists but that their number in the country had not increased, TASS news agency reported.

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The plane landed on Monday in Venezuela's main airport, according to a Reuters witness and a website that tracks plane movements, three months after a similar arrival exacerbated tensions between Washington and Moscow.

(Reporting by Maria Kiselyova; Writing by Gabrielle Tétrault-Farber; Editing by Toby Chopra)

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