Russia Continues To Buy Weapons From The West

Mistral helicopter carrier. © AFP/ Fred Tanneau

Russia Can Buy Weapons In The West, But Not Industry -- RIA Novosti

Once again, the Russian military are about to lay out huge chunks of money to buy military equipment in the West, thus causing bouts of righteous indignation among supporters of the domestic defence industry. They have already purchased Mistral helicopter carriers, IVECO armored vehicles and Austrian-made Steyr-Mannlicher SSG 04 sniper rifles. Now, the Russian military are testing the Italian-made wheeled tank destroyer, the Centauro. As RIA Novosti learned from a source in Rosoboronexport, a manufacturing license for these vehicles may be purchased upon completion of tests.

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My Comment: Russia is cherry picking what they think is the best in Europe .... which is possible in view of the gas and oil revenues that are now filling Moscow's treasury.