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Aeroflot Rejects U.S. Travel Agency Charges, Plans Countersuit

18:17 09/02/2012 MOSCOW, February 9 (RIA Novosti)

Russian flagship airline Aeroflot has rejected extortion accusations of U.S. Riviera Travel & Tours and is preparing to file a countersuit for slander and defamation, Aeroflot said on Thursday.

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