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Russian tanks to go to Algeria and Turkmenistan for 500 million
Feb 14, 2012, 14:44 GMT
Moscow - Planned sales of Russia's top-of-the-line T-90S tanks to Algeria and Turkmenistan will earn Moscow a half billion dollars, Vedemosti newspaper reported on Tuesday.
Algeria has agreed to buy 120 of the combat vehicles from Russia's national arms exporter Rosoboronexport, while Turkmenistan will acquire 30 tanks, the article said.
India and Russia each operate T-90 fleets of more than 600 tanks.
The sales come after senior army officers have called for Russia to search for new international customers for its arms industry, because of falling Chinese demand for Russian weapons.
Russia has also discussed sales of the T-90 with Saudi Arabia, Syria, Cyprus Libya and Lebanon. Tanks built by NATO nations are the T-90's main market competitors.
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