American daily business newspaper "The Wall Street Journal": Russian Federation wants to expand military presence at the Mediterranean at the expense of Lybia

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Russian Federation tries to get access for the military ships to ports to Lybia against rivalry from United States of America for influence in the Mediterranean, writes American daily business newspaper "The Wall Street Journal" (American daily business newspaper "The Wall Street Journal"). According to the edition, for discussion of the long-term rights for docks in the east of Lybia the high-ranking officials, including the deputy minister of defense Yunus-bek Yevkurov, met in recent weeks the marshal Khalifa Belkasim Khaftar. According to the Libyan officials, the Russian side requested permission to access to ports Bengazi or Tobruk to fill, repair the naval ships and...