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Kirill Barsky, Russian ambassador to Thailand: Best relations since the tsars. (Photos by Jiraporn Kuhakan) The Russian envoy to Thailand says relations with Thailand are at their ''strongest'' point,... 

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Thailand flirts with Russia as US ties cool

BY AT EDITOR on FEBRUARY 20, 2016 in ASIA TIMES NEWS & FEATURES, SOUTHEAST ASIA

(From Reuters)

Thailand is pursuing closer ties — and possible arms deals — with Russia, with relations between Thailand and its traditional partner, the United States, cooling in the wake of a May 2014 coup.

Thailand’s Deputy Prime Minister and Defence Minister Prawit Wongsuwan

Two Thai deputy prime ministers will travel to Russia, just weeks after a visit to Bangkok by the powerful head of Russia’s security council, Nikolai Patrushev.

On the table, officials from both countries say, are wide-ranging talks on trade and security cooperation, as Russia seeks to develop its position as an Asian power.

Most attention has been focused on Thailand’s warming ties with China, including talks on a massive rail project and the possible purchase of $1 billion worth of Chinese-made submarines.

But Russia appears keen to compete for Thailand’s attention.

In the past 18 months, Thai junta leader General Prayuth Chan-ocha has met three times with Russian Prime Minister Dimitry Medvedev, who visited Thailand in April 2015, the Russian ambassador to Thailand, Kirill Barsky, said.

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The project documentation for the construction of the bridge across the Kerch Straight, between mainland Russia and the Crimean Peninsula, has finally been approved officially. The accuracy of the estimated cost of the project has also been confirmed. 

The construction of the Kerch bridge will cost 211.851.575,730 rubles. The amount is almost 680 million rubles less than the marginal cost of the works established by decree of the Russian Government on 30 January 2015. 

More than 30 experts of the state expertise department, Glavgosexpertiza, were involved to check the documentation. The same number of experts worked to verify the accuracy of the estimates. Auditors also came to positive conclusions as a result of their work. 

Such a large "army" of specialists who were involved in the works to check the papers and calculations is explained with more than 570 volumes of documents that had been drawn up for the project. The electronic version of the documents makes up 30 gigabytes. Paper and electronic carriers contain information about the area of the construction, engineering survey results, basic design and technical solutions for environmental protection, etc. 

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The bridge across the Kerch Strait, apart from the unconditional political and economic importance of the construction, is a unique and large-scale creation.

The head of the Federal Road Agency, Roman Starovoit, said that the balance of quality, cost and timing was the main priority in the project. 

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