There has been great interest from foreign buyers in the new Su-35 heavy jet fighter (left) and the lightweight Yak-130 fighter (right). © RIA Novosti. Anna Yudina
Russian Arms Exporter Sold $13.2Bln in 2013 -- RIA Novosti
MOSCOW, January 27 (RIA Novosti) – Russia’s state arms exporter Rosoboronexport sold $13.2 billion in weapons and military equipment to foreign buyers last year but expects no short-term growth, its director said in an interview published Monday.
“For the next two to three years our main task will be to maintain arms exports at $13 billion, which I do not think we will exceed, since the new types of technology potential buyers are interested in should first be adopted by the Russian army, and only then be exported,” Anatoly Isaikin told Russia’s Kommersant newspaper.
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