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Venezuela gets $4bn Russian arms loan | |
2010-11-29 | |
[Iran Press TV] Venezuelan His Excellency President-for-Life, Caudillo of the Bolivarians Hugo Chavez says Russia has given his country a $4 billion credit to purchase arms in order to reequip the nation's defense sector.
"We are simply doing the task of defending the fatherland from the threat of the empire and its allies," Rooters quoted the Venezuelan president as saying. Chavez did not offer any details on the material his country plans to purchase. In April, Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin had stated that Venezuela was considering a $5 billion weapons order. Washington has expressed its concerns about Chavez's purchases of tanks, fighter jets and air defense systems in the past years. After the US imposed an embargo against Venezuela in 2006, the country has turned to Russia and China to meets its military necessities. Venezuela is awaiting a delivery of tanks and air defense systems from Russia. It is also in the process of buying a dozen Y-8 transport planes from China. Venezuela has already purchased K-8 training jets and an extensive radar system to upgrade its surveillance system, which has become largely useless following the US embargo. | |
Posted by:Fred |
#2 Company script at company store. |
Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2010-11-29 14:11 |
#1 Keeping Hugo in power and Venezuelan oil production crippled is probably worth a lot more to Russia than four billion dollars. |
Posted by: Thing From Snowy Mountain 2010-11-29 01:17 |