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Posted on 08/09/2006 2:35:06 PM PDT by sergey1973
PRAGUE, August 8, 2006 (RFE/RL) -- The United States has imposed sanctions on two major Russian arms dealers -- state arms exporter Rosoboroneksport and the aviation firm Sukhoi -- for allegedly selling high-tech equipment to Iran. The August 4 move has been widely condemned in Russia as an "unfriendly act" aimed at crippling Russia's arms industry.
It comes against the backdrop of strained bilateral relations in recent weeks. Moscow and Washington have failed to reach agreement on Russia's World Trade Organization bid and continue to disagree on resolving the Middle East conflict and on dealing with Iran's nuclear program. And during a recent high-profile Moscow meeting, Russian President Vladimir Putin and Venezuela's Hugo Chavez inked arms deals worth about $1 billion. RFE/RL's Russian Service spoke with Nikolai Zlobin, the director of the Russia and Eurasia Program at the Washington-based Center for Defense Information, about the U.S. sanctions.
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Okay, and where are our sanctions on Iran and Syria?
LOL, are we myopic or what...
I'll bet you rasPutin swindles little hugo before it's all over. You can be the dacha on that.
We're selling arms to Iran and Syria? Got a source for that?
Russian weapons advisers were leaving Iraq just as our forces were entering, talk about Brazen bastards, they could care less what we think or do.The whole deal is to bump Pooties swiss a/c at any cost.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/1560415/posts
Right now we're going through the motions of having the United Nations place sanctions on Iran. Perhpas you are right and we already have some in place. If we could do more, we should. If we can't, then I stand corrected. Waiting for the U.N. to do something is like waiting on the dead to do something.
Sanctions don't have to involve weapons. I didn't state we were providing weapons to Iran. Please provide a source where I did.
Heh heh heh...
"Perhaps you are right and we already have some in place."
If you'll remember a bit of history, trading with Iran was one of the big things that Marc Rich (the fugitive that Bill Clinton pardoned) got in trouble for.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marc_Rich
Thanks. I appreciate the reminder. I had forgotten what the heck he had done to get his arse in a sling. Ole' Bubba took care of that.
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