Russia will give Venezuela a 4 billion-dollar loan for arms purchases

Russia will provide Venezuela a new loan in the amount of 4 billion dollars as part of the development of bilateral military-technical cooperation.
As reported by Agence France Presse, this was stated by Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez following the results of the talks held in Caracas with Russian Deputy Prime Minister Igor Sechin.

During the ceremony of signing the package of agreements held on 6 in October, the Venezuelan leader thanked the Russian government for the last offer and previous loans, noting that Venezuela was unarmed before providing this assistance, and equipping the defense forces was its responsibility as head of state and commander-in-chief of the armed forces.

According to the president, 2 billion will be allocated to Venezuela next year, two more - in 2013 year. What weapons will be purchased under the new loan is not reported. Hugo Chavez said that the funds will be directed both to the purchase of new weapons, and to pay for previously ordered, but not yet delivered.

According to Infodifensa, it was previously announced its intention to buy 300-mm MLRS 9K58 Smerch, C-300BM anti-aircraft missile systems, Buk-M1-2 anti-aircraft missile system, and an unnamed coastal anti-ship missile system (supposedly "Bal-E ") Mi-28H" Night Hunter "helicopters.

In 2010, Venezuela has already been granted a loan of $ 2,2 billion for the purchase of Russian weapons, including Tanks T-72B1, BMP-3 infantry fighting vehicles, BTR-80A armored personnel carriers, BM-21 Grad MLRS, 120mm 2S23 Nona-SVK self-propelled mortar and artillery systems, etc.

2005 to 2007 Venezuela has signed contracts with the Russian Federation for the purchase of various weapons worth more than 4 billion dollars.

It should be noted that recently, in connection with the state of health of the Venezuelan leader, a number of Russian and world experts have expressed doubts about the expediency of granting loans and investing significant funds in the Venezuelan economy. At the same time, the Russian leadership expects that the investment will pay off by generating revenues from the development of Venezuelan fields and the sale of oil.

Comments

[merkawa]

Everything is repeated as in the days of the union, then cancellation of debt, etc. The same rake, side view

[Vadivak]

No, this guy has something to pay, and not necessarily it will be green paper.

[Hannibal]

"Russia will provide Venezuela with a new loan in the amount of $ 4 billion as part of the development of bilateral military-technical cooperation" - and what are they to us? camouflage bananas?

We don’t have our own oil? For some reason, it seems to me that all the money for natural resources that may be developed in Venezuela will not reach Russia. Again they’ll rub everything as usual, all the more convenient there, how can anyone know how much oil is produced.

[esaul]

Hannibal, what does the natural resources of Venezuela have to do with it? Chavez will enclose a large chunk of Amer’s problems on himself and exacerbate them even more. And this is good! Therefore, it is necessary to help Chavez so that the Pindos had to be distracted by problems under their noses, maybe then, A little bit more worries will become with us.

[Marat]

I agree with Esaul - if it weren't for the Bolivarian group ALBA headed by Venezuela and Cuba, Iran, Syria, South Korea and China - Russia would hardly be allowed to pursue the policy it pursues - both foreign and domestic. The influence of the pendos would be an order of magnitude greater (no one would distract them from us) - and perhaps it would still be on fire in Chechnya and no one would have allowed Putin to nationalize state corporations, and Khodorkovsky would not have been in prison, and Zyuganov would have been declared a "red extremist", etc. d - and as a result, the life of ordinary people would be worse

By the way - and then the integration of our republics would certainly be "canceled"

[Sergh]

In Chavez, if you rummage around, you can find a lot of good things. Yes, and you can never moor a boat.

[Hannibal]

Aha, the main thing is that they do not become Amerov’s zhol.zami later, otherwise it’s so fashionable now.

[cohort]

In Libya, we lost only unearned money. And here you can lose already earned money, but you still need to take risks.

[fellow misha]

This guy certainly has something to pay, only how long this guy will live, but you need to take risks anyway.

We have left our oil for 20 years of production at such a pace, unless of course large new fields are discovered or we get to Arctic oil, and Venezuela has second largest reserves in the world, so the game is worth the candle

[fellow misha]

PS
In second place it is in terms of production rate - quantity. At such a pace of production, Venezuela will last for 100 years.

[iulai]

this money will never be returned to Russia! as they steered us, and they steer!

[dimon]

money may not come back, but it's not just about money
Venezuela is a possible point of pressure on the USA for us!
the United States has such points at our existing and potential borders — Georgia, the Kuril Islands — in the first place!

[ZEBRASH]

Chavez needs help - one of the few allies remained. Yes, and a good man - it’s normal that he rules his country

[320423]

the main thing here is the loading of our production capacities, and we will not give it so China will give a loan and sell "its" analogs. I think it is a wise investment of green candy wrappers, as it can at least dissolve with oil.

[Russian]

An excellent strategic bridgehead for Russia - you can bump to the states with your bait!
and oil is secondary ...
comrade Hugo is our man, in every sense.

[Rudy]

Truly fools and roads.

Are the guys going to push the US? :) Do you support totalitarian regimes? )) Instead of directly negotiating with the United States and dealing with them, are we playing the Cold War and will there be a layer like Ossetia and Venezuela? ))) Perfectly!
The sheep cried, pricked, but continued to eat the cactus.

Again, our military-industrial complex will not die at all, it will buy weapons from itself and supply it to the allies! )))) Also plus yes !?

That's when the state stops playing "soldiers", and gets down to real business, Russia will have real levers of influence in the world, but for now, creating zones of tension at certain points on the map, and Russia and the United States will never be able to agree on the definition of where winning somewhere, losing somewhere year after year. A great future for future generations, let them rake the x..yu that Putler is creating now, just wonderful! )))