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Elbrus

Or El·bruz

[el-broos]

noun

  1. a mountain in the S Russian Federation, in the Caucasus range: the highest peak in Europe, 18,465 feet (5,628 meters).



Elbrus

/ ɪlˈbruːs /

noun

  1. a mountain in SW Russia, on the border with Georgia, in the Caucasus Mountains, with two extinct volcanic peaks: the highest mountain in Europe. Height: 5642 m (18 510 ft)

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Her climbing career has taken her across the world, from Everest, Manaslu and Ama Dablam in the Himalayas to Mount Elbrus in Russia.

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Aeroflot, AlfaStrakhovanie, Elbrus, NordStar and S7 did not respond to requests for comment.

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Russia has invested up to $14 billion in Iraq and the northern Kurdish-run region, mainly focusing on the energy sector, Moscow’s ambassador Elbrus Kutrashev told the Iraqi Kurdish news agency Rudaw in a recent interview.

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Russia’s military and security services use Elbrus chips in some computing applications, according to Kostas Tigkos, an electronics expert at Janes, a U.K.-based provider of defense intelligence, who described the loss of TSMC’s help with the chips as “devastating” for Russia.

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The Russian government has also been encouraging large domestic companies and banks to use Elbrus chips in their computers because the components are designed in Russia.

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