Russia will supply weapons to Angola 1 billion $

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The result of a trip by Russian Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Rogozin to Angola last week was the signing of a package of contracts in the amount of $ 1 billion between "Rosoboronexport" and the Ministry of Defence of the country, reported the newspaper "Vedomosti", citing a source close to the leadership of "Rosoboronexport" and the Ministry of Russian defense.
According to the source publication , the package included the delivery of 18 fighters Su -30K , the cost of which, together with the repair and arms up to half of the total package and the delivery of spare parts for Soviet-made weapons , small arms and light weapons , ammunition, tanks and artillery , and as transport helicopters Mi -17. In addition , the parties agreed to build a plant in Angola for the production of ammunition.
Su- 30K - are former Indian cars that were delivered in the late 90s temporarily , pending the development of more advanced Su- 30MKI . They were returned in 2007 and, being the property of the corporation " Irkut " stored on the aircraft repair plant in Belarus Baranovichi. Previously offered them for sale to Sudan and Vietnam, according to a source close to the " Rosoboronexport ".
The exact amount of contracts president's special representative for cooperation with the countries of Africa, Senator Mikhail Margelov has not confirmed , but according to him , wonder about the large size of package is not: the volume of trade and economic cooperation among the great , and not only in the military- technical sphere , but so far Russia 's foreign trade balance of Angola does not take a high place .
Details : Ð*оссия поставит Анголе оружия на 1 млрд долларов | Еженедельник «Военно-промышленный курьер»

 

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The Russians appear to be working on track, just like the old good days ....

The result of a trip by Russian Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Rogozin to Angola last week was the signing of a package of contracts in the amount of $ 1 billion between "Rosoboronexport" and the Ministry of Defence of the country, reported the newspaper "Vedomosti", citing a source close to the leadership of "Rosoboronexport" and the Ministry of Russian defense.
According to the source publication , the package included the delivery of 18 fighters Su -30K , the cost of which, together with the repair and arms up to half of the total package and the delivery of spare parts for Soviet-made weapons , small arms and light weapons , ammunition, tanks and artillery , and as transport helicopters Mi -17. In addition , the parties agreed to build a plant in Angola for the production of ammunition.
Su- 30K - are former Indian cars that were delivered in the late 90s temporarily , pending the development of more advanced Su- 30MKI . They were returned in 2007 and, being the property of the corporation " Irkut " stored on the aircraft repair plant in Belarus Baranovichi. Previously offered them for sale to Sudan and Vietnam, according to a source close to the " Rosoboronexport ".
The exact amount of contracts president's special representative for cooperation with the countries of Africa, Senator Mikhail Margelov has not confirmed , but according to him , wonder about the large size of package is not: the volume of trade and economic cooperation among the great , and not only in the military- technical sphere , but so far Russia 's foreign trade balance of Angola does not take a high place .
Details : Ð*оссия поставит Анголе оружия на 1 млрд долларов | Еженедельник «Военно-промышленный курьер»

 

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They love to support opressive dictatorships.


Angola Dictatorship in New Crackdown on Citizens | DC

Human rights groups in Angola on Wednesday denounced an escalation in police brutality against civilians since the start of the year in the oil-rich nation.

"In recent months we have seen high levels of police violence in Angola against peaceful protests, street vendors, journalists, activists and human rights defenders," a group of around 20 organisations said in a statement.

The groups criticised the "inhumane and cruel" treatment of prison inmates, after a video showing police and firemen beating prisoners in the capital Luanda was widely circulated on social networks.

"The police, who are supposed to protect us, commit the worst acts," Angelo Kapwatcha of university development group Fordu told AFP.

The broad coalition of human rights, environmental and development organisations across the country collaborate under an umbrella organisation, the Working Group for the Monitoring of Human Rights in Angola.

The country's interior ministry has condemned the violence and launched an inquiry to find the culprits.

Since the end of a civil war a decade ago Angola's economy has grown fast, and the country is now Africa's second-largest oil producer after Nigeria.

But most of its citizens live in poverty, and civil society groups as well as international organisations regularly complain of police abuse.

"Our political governance system was built on violence and the exclusion of the poor or those who are different. That is what we should attack," said Elias Isaac from pro-democracy group the Open Society Initiative for Southern Africa on Wednesday.

Angola's strongman President Jose Eduardo dos Santos has governed the country for the past 34 years. He won general elections in August 2012 -- only the third since the country's independence in 1975.