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Russian investor saves Stralsund shipyard

April 30, 2014

A Russian investor stepped in at the last minute to buy the Volkswerft Stralsund shipyard in northern Germany, saving the company from bankruptcy.

Arbeiter der Meyer-Werft in Papenburg
Image: Meyer-Werft

Workers were glad to keep their jobs, but amid tensions over Ukraine, some are skeptical about the new Russian owners.

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