Tuesday, November 12, 2013

Russia - Egypt To Negotiate A Massive Arms Deal

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Russia Negotiates Its Biggest Arms Deal With Egypt Since The Cold War After Barack Obama Cuts Defence Aid -- National Post/Bloomberg

Russia is negotiating its biggest weapons deals with Egypt since the Cold War as it seeks to capitalize on U.S. President Barack Obama’s decision to cut defence aid to the military-backed government.

Egypt is seeking as much as US$2 billion in Russian weaponry, including MiG-29 fighter planes, air-defence systems and anti-tank missiles, said Ruslan Pukhov, a member of the Russian Defence Ministry’s advisory board and head of the Center for Analysis of Strategies and Technologies in Moscow.

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