MOSCOW (Reuters) - U.S. sanctions on Russia's defence firms took aim at the most iconic names of Soviet and Russian weaponry, hitting their exports and punishing the makers of arms used by pro-Russian separatists in eastern Ukraine.
Kalashnikov, which makes the machine guns used in conflicts from Afghanistan to Africa, and Almaz-Antey, one of Russia's highest profile firms that produced arms for Syria's President Bashar al-Assad, were among eight weapons makers named by the U.S. Treasury.
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