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The former Soviet Union started building the carrier, which it called the Varyag, but never finished it.
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The former Soviet Union started building the carrier, which it called the Varyag, but never finished it.
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The former Soviet Union started building the carrier, which it called the Varyag, but never finished it.
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The former Soviet Union started building the carrier, which it called the Varyag, but never finished it.
Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph Telegraph Staff 2011
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While the voyage of the ship, known here by its Russian name Varyag, is a source of national pride, it is also raising concerns among China's neighbors.
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While the voyage of the ship, known here by its Russian name Varyag, is a source of national pride, it is also raising concerns among China's neighbors.
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Ruslan Pukhov, president of the Moscow Strategy and Technologies Analysis Center, says the vessel, called the Varyag, was obsolete even before it was purchased.
Chinese Media Minimizes Military Value of Aircraft Carrier 2011
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A Chinese company purchased the empty hull of a carrier called the Varyag from Ukraine in 1998, on the understanding that it would be used as a floating casino, but it was later towed to the northeastern port of Dalian, where it has been undergoing refurbishment ever since.
China Says Carrier Won't Alter Naval Strategy Jeremy Page 2011
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Its sister ship the Kuznetsov survived, but by the time the Soviet Union ceased to exist, the Varyag was a white elephant marooned off a port in the Black Sea.
China's first aircraft carrier: From Russia with love | Editorial 2011
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Ruslan Pukhov, president of the Moscow Strategy and Technologies Analysis Center, says the vessel, called the Varyag, was obsolete even before it was purchased.
Chinese Media Minimizes Military Value of Aircraft Carrier 2011
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