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Reputed Global Arms Dealer Arrested; Russian Accused of Supplying Weapons in Africa, MideastDan Eggen Washington Post Staff Writer
RUSSIAN ARMS SALES TO CHINA AND DISRUPTION OF MILITARY POWER IN EAST AND SOUTHEAST ASIA, 2000-2013 Russian arms sales to China have brought about security concerns from China's neighbours. From 2000 to 2013, Russia sold more arms to India than to China. However, China's neighbours and policy...
Russia is using mercenaries and arms sales to gain access to Africa’s natural resources, the top general overseeing US military operations in Africa said Thursday. “By employing oligarch-funded, quasi-mercenary military advisors, particularly in countries where leaders seek unchallenged autocratic rule...
South Africa's presidency said that the issue of the alleged arms shipment had already been discussed with U.S. officials who had agreed to let an investigation run its course, and that no evidence had yet been provided to support the U.S. claims. ...
SECRETARY POMPEO:Yeah. We had an American company conducting business that was consistent with American foreign policy, the policy of the arms sales that we made to Taiwan. I regret that the Chinese Communist Party chose to make that threat against Lockheed Martin. It’s not the first time th...
Russia’s arms exporter Rosoboronexport (an affiliate of Rostec corporation) will present selections provided by 20 Russian defense industry enterprises at the debut exhibition World Defense Show 2022 in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia on March 6-9, the company’s press service told the media on Saturday. ...
Following the crash of MH17, these targeted sanctions were expanded to cover more individuals and entities, financial sanctions on state-owned banks, and embargoes on exports of goods including arms, other goods with military use, and equipment for the energy industry.4 ,5 In response to these...
At the end of 2014, the company took 23rd place in the list of 100 leading world arms manufacturers prepared by the Stockholm Institute for Peace Research (SIPRI). Arms sales of the enterprise in 2014 amounted to $3,890 million[2]
One issue to watch is Saudi Arabia.Harris has been strongly critical of the regime, calling for an end of U.S. support for the war in Yemen, which would be in opposition to what U.S. military leaders had recommended, at the time. She’s also voted to end U.S. arms sales to Saud...