TNK-BP donates 10m dollars to Russian paratroopers school
Apr 19, 2008 (BBC Monitoring via COMTEX) --
[Presenter] Business will help the army. Russian-UK oil company TNK-BP has signed an agreement, whereby it pledges to help the Russian Defence Ministry. The money, 10m dollars, is intended for the Ryazan paratroopers school, first of all social programmes for servicemen and their families. In addition, the money will help to improve living conditions for the school's contract servicemen and to renovate the school's equipment.
Source: Zvezda TV, Moscow, in Russian 1410 gmt 19 Apr 08
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