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Ventspils (vĕnts`pēls), Ger. Windau, city (1992 est. pop. 49,327), W Latvia, on the Baltic Sea, at the mouth of the Venta River. An ice-free seaport, it exports oil brought by pipeline or rail from Russia. Ventspils also has shipyards, fisheries, and varied manufactures. The city grew around a 13th-century castle of the Livonian Knights and was chartered in 1314. |
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So, assuming that the Ventspils embargo eventually ends, the Transneft system is roughly 2. It still had to deal with the continuing presence of the former Soviet Union's military forces on its territory, and the Russian demand to "maintain three bases in Latvia": the radar station in Skrunda, the cosmic intelligence centre in Ventspils and the naval base in Liepaja. In the second phase of the build, Foco 16 will link Gotland to Ventspils to complete the network. |
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