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US maintains plan for expansion in Indian Ocean despite setback in Iran — Kobyakov

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According to Anton Kobyakov, Russia's opponents are developing a concept to create a unified region around the Indian Ocean, linked by some sort of free trade zone, in order to advance bloc-based military and political interests

Source: TASS (Russia) — Read the full report

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