[Calpernia]

No, there WAS a good point made about the arms sales. Those documented pieces were before Putin. But, as I stated, Putin's administration is still documented as violating sanctions in other areas. I gave an example of that in #43. There are more similar occurances, but I'm multi tasking now and can't do searches at this time. I can make note of you and ping you later if you prefer. Or you can search those databases yourself at www.iraqwatch.org

[mikhailovich]

OK, your answer was "NO." Pretty strong accusations for someone who cannot list a single, proven violation.

Multi-tasking, or multi-dodging?

[hchutch]

Three commercial fights are NOT in the same league as the stuff in the documents dating back to a time when Yeltsin was the one running things - and even under Yeltsin, who knows what he knew or authorized. I don't think Putin was even IN the Russian government in 1995. They even asked about two of them. Malicious intent? I don't buy that notion.

Poohbah has accurately pointed out that the Nineties were a big yard sale in Russia, and throught the entire former Soviet Union. To a lesser extent, Eastern Europe was also doing the same thing.

This report was clearly saying Ukranians and Syrians. NOT the Russians. And the Ukranians had some other sales, too, including Kolchuga (spelling?) radar systems.

And moving five hundred ATGMS covertly to a nation under UN sanctions is not that hard. Particularly for Syria, which has the equivalent of nine divisions. Folks, how many anti-tank guided missiles would you need for nine divisions AND 300,000 reservists?

I'm pinging a few additional folks who might be able to give us a rough estimate.