Russia and Argentina are eyeing a deal under which Moscow would lease 12 Sukhoi Su-24 Fencer aircraft to Buenos Aires in return for beef and wheat, my Defense News colleagues Jaroslaw Adamowski and Andrew Chuter write. They are citing a report in the London-based paper Sunday Express.
Imports of Argentinian food and goods are viewed as an attempt to bypass Western sanctions imposed on Russia following the country’s intervention in Ukraine and its annexation of the Crimean peninsula, they write in their article.
Full article by Jaroslaw Adamowski and Andrew Chuter is here:
http://www.defensenews.com/story/defense/air-space/strike/2014/12/30/russia-argentina-jets-food/21045405/ …read more
Source: Ottawa Citizen
