Posted on 04/05/2010 6:47:53 PM PDT by ErnstStavroBlofeld
Russian may sell $5 billion worth of weapons to Venezuela, Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said on Monday after a visit to the South American nation.
Putin met Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez in Caracas on Friday to discuss oil, defense and nuclear energy cooperation, although no new no arms agreements were signed.
The United States expressed concern about possible arms proliferation following such a deal with Venezuela, one its most prominent foes in the region.
Chavez says his growing arsenal is aimed at countering a planned increase in the U.S. military forces in neighboring Colombia, Washington's closest ally in Latin America.
"Our delegation has just returned from Venezuela and the overall volume of orders could exceed $5 billion," Putin was quoted as saying by Russian news agencies at a meeting with arms industry officials.
Putin said the figure included $2.2 billion in credit lines for Russian arms received by Chavez during his eighth visit to Moscow in September, including T-72 tanks and the S-300 advanced anti-aircraft missile system, RIA news agency reported.
The reports did not give any further details.
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Regional war within 5 years....
Panama, Brazil....watch out.
We actually had a chance to make an ally out of Russia. And then SlicKKK KKKlintler bombed a totally innocent Slavic Orthodox Christian nation for eighty days and nights including Easter Sunday to take Chinagate and Juanita Broaddrick off the front pages of the newspapers.
Nevermind. We don’t have nukes anymore. Carry on. /s
... and we have Hussein for president!
Russia is bringing back the Cold War....All these “Good Faith” acts by our Rookie Commie President are just going to provoke either the Russians or Muzzies..... Many Americans are going to die because of Obama’s will full ignorance...From Obamacare mistreatment and from wars we have to fight because of Obama’s full out surrender...
At least Putin brought home some bacon to Russia. Sell then some junk and get some “favors” from Chavez.
I wonder how the Russians would feel if we sold a similar amount of arms to Ukraine or Georgia?
Ukraine is no longer an US ally. Some pro Russian guy got elected there and is consolidating control.
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