Russia to sign $5-billion defense contract with Iraq

Russia may join the ranks of major importers of weapons to Iraq. During the visit of Iraqi Prime Minister al-Maliki's, a contract for $5 billion may be signed for the sale of MiG fighter jets, products of Russian Helicopters, anti-aircraft missile systems, armored vehicles and other weapons to the Middle Eastern country.

In Soviet times, Baghdad was one of the main buyers of the products of MIC USSR. After the war in the early 1990s, military and technical cooperation between Russia and Iraq was at a very low level. After the second US-Iraq war, Russia began supplying weapons to Iraq in larger volumes. Between 2008 and 2011 the new government in Baghdad purchased Russian weapons worth $246 million dollars. The bulk of the purchase was helicopters. In this same period, the actual deliveries of weapons and military equipment of U.S. production totaled $6.56 billion dollars, according to the director of the Center for Analysis of World Arms Trade (TSAMTO) Igor Korotchenko.

According to the Iraqi News Agency Shafaq, during the visit of Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki in Moscow scheduled for October 10, new contracts for the supply of arms and military equipment may be signed.

Print version Font Size Send to friendIf the deal goes through, Iraq will be among five largest importers of Russian arms. According to the newspaper, contracts will be signed for the supply of the products of the pro RAC "MiG", "Helicopters of Russia, and "Tula "Instrument Design Bureau" in the amount of $4.3 billion dollars. It is assumed that Iraq would sell 30 Mi-28N combat vehicles and 42 anti-aircraft missile and gun complex "Shell-S1." Additionally, there may be new contracts for the supply of MiG-29M/M2, radars, armored vehicles and other weapons.

Until now, the main supplier of arms to Iraq was its main occupant - the USA. Baghdad has purchased from the U.S. military-industrial complex M1 tanks, F-16 fighter jets and other weapons for nearly $15 billion. The Americans supplying outdated weapons to Iraq at traditionally high prices - 36 old F-16 for over $5 billion dollars. In addition, Baghdad purchases equipment from the governments of other countries occupying Iraq. Ukraine supplies over $1.5 billion worth of weapons.

Last year, Russia has retained the second place in the world in terms of arms exports, selling weapons abroad for 11.3 billion dollars. Most likely, this year the country will also remain in second place with a total export at $13.293 billion, or 19 percent of the world supply. The main volume of shipments accounted for a very small number of countries that have the potential to negatively affect the front-runner position of Russia in the global arms trade.

In the next four years, in terms of the signed contracts, the leaders of Russian weapons import will be India, Venezuela, and Vietnam. "First place in the period from 2012 to 2015 in Russia's arms exports will again be taken by India with $14.3 billion dollars. In second place instead of Algeria will be Venezuela with $3.2 billion. Vietnam will be in third place," said Igor Korotchenko to the media based on the improved analytical predictions by TSAMTO. In the fourth place in terms of procurement of military goods from Russia is China with $2.8 billion followed by Syria with $1.6 billion.

The share of the top three importers of Russian weapons in the overall balance of supply abroad will be 62.43 percent, the share of the top five - 74.9 percent. The total volume of the Russian arms exports in this period is projected at $32.5 billion dollars. The emergence among the major buyers of Russian military equipment of Baghdad is unlikely, said the director of the Center for Analysis of World Arms Trade.

"Personally, I have serious doubts that Iraq will buy billions dollars' worth of our weapons. They will not be allowed to do it. Iraq's foreign policy is tightly controlled by the U.S., and no matter what they say, that Iraq broke away from America and left to float freely - it is not the case. Of course, there are some contradictions between the administrations in Washington and Baghdad. However, Iraq is tightly attached to the American war machine. In previous years, they purchased solely from the U.S. for the amount of over $6 billion. We sold for under $300 million dollars. The numbers speak for themselves. So I do not expect very large contracts. Even if Iraq wants to buy a large quantity of Russian weapons, America will be opposed to it," said Igor Korotchenko to "Pravda.Ru."

During the visit of Iraqi Prime Minister al-Maliki to Russia other issues in addition to the military contracts will be discussed. During the visit, the parties may sign a number of documents on the Russian-Iraqi inter-industry and investment ties. Relevant programs are being refined by the chambers of commerce of Iraq and Russia. Baghdad expects Russia's direct investment in Iraq at over $10 billion.

Vitaly Salnik

 

Hasn't the Russian economy for years been built around the export of petro chemicals, nuclear technology, and cheap weapons?

 

to dayton 3 ::::

yes; it is something like that.

vlad

 

On Thursday, the Iranian Minister of Defense and his Iraqi counterparts, Brigadier General Ahmad Vahidi and Saadoun al-Dulaimi, respectively, signed a document of bilateral cooperation in the defense field. According to the paper, the execution of these agreements will deepen even further the relations of the two countries.

According to the paper, based on previous letters of understanding signed between Tehran and Baghdad, the execution of these agreements will deepen even further the relations of the two countries in other fields, and will contribute to regional peace and stability. Also, during the meeting, the two sides exchanged views on relevant issues in the region.

During his official visit to Baghdad, Brigadier General Vahidi met with senior officials of the country, including President Jalal Talabani.

Also on Thursday, the Iraqi president, noting the importance of the Persian minister's trip to Iraq, described as solid and secure the relationships that support the governments in Tehran and Baghdad.

During this visit, which was conducted in compliance with an official invitation of Saadoun al-Dulaimi, Vahidi also met with Iraqi Parliament Speaker Osama Nujaifi, Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki and President of Islamic Supreme Assembly, Seyed Amar al-Hakim.

It is worth mentioning that this is the first trip by a Persian defense minister to the Mesopotamian country after the victory of the Islamic Revolution of Iran in 1979.




Translated from the Spanish version by:

Lisa Karpova

 

Lets not forget who is the biggest arms dealer in the world . Why the good ole USA of course. But were for peace lol.

 

Why didn't Russia use veto right on Libya?
11.07.2012
Why did Russia not use the veto on Libya? Where is the money that was lent to Sarkozy by Gaddafi? What are the chances of a repetition of the "Libyan scenario" in Syria? Who set the West against Muammar Gaddafi and Bashar al-Assad? Said Gafurov, scientific director of the Institute of Oriental and African studies, answered these and other questions for "Pravda.Ru."

It is believed that Russia "washed its hands" in terms of the Libyan issue.

"Russia, as you know, abstained in the UN on the adoption of resolution 1973. The then President Medvedev later said in an interview with the Financial Times that Russia made a tragic mistake. Had we known that "resolution 1973" would be interpreted this way we would have voted against it. In fact, Medvedev has publicly stated that the West simply deceived Russia.

And I repeat, what is going on in Libya has nothing to do with democracy. All this can only be called a military coup and subsequent intervention. I do not have any other words."

Print version Font Size Send to friendWhat is the story with the money that Gaddafi has lent to Sarkozy?

"I do not think that Sarkozy kept the money lent by Libya in the central French bank. Some Libyan fund that must have been registered in Europe, most likely in violation of electoral laws of France, transferred the money for the election campaign of Sarkozy. There are documents from the French prosecutor's office in this regard, and we, I think, will get to see the end of this criminal case.
I think the Persian Gulf sheiks promised to buy the French government bonds to fill the gap in the budget of France, because the war is an expensive business. While it brought big profits to French companies, it is not a given that it was enough to plug the gaps in the budget, and now the West in many ways is holding back the repetition of the events in Syria in Libya because they simply cannot afford it."

Can the West repeat this war?

"The West would have calmed down if it were not for the East - Qatar and Saudi Arabia. The West should solve the problem with the budget deficit and the collapse of its economy, and the possible collapse of the euro area, and a war needs to be funded, but there are no funds. Huge amounts of money are coming from the Persian Gulf. Now each of Syria's enemies wants to destroy it with the hands of their allies. Even in Russia the Embassy of Qatar is paying large sums of money to Russian journalists, leaders of medium news agencies and the media.

Would you like to ask me what they are paying for? A representative of the Syrian rebels in Moscow, Mahmoud Hamza, regularly receives money at the box office of the Qatari embassy. Other Syrians, even oppositional, refuse to give their good name to the business fueled by Qatari money of the terrorists. Only those people who have fully compromised themselves receive money from Doha."

Will the "Libyan scenario" be repeated in Syria?

"The agreement, the plan of Kofi Annan that the Syrians need to solve their problems themselves, without outside interference, has to be executed. This is the position of Russia, and I fully agree with it. Syria must follow the path of democracy and freedom, and foreign aggression on the territory of Syria has to be prevented. The Syrian army and the government do not want to fight! Why would Syria's army shoot its own people? If they are able to, I repeat, prevent foreign interference, it would be a way out."

What are the ways of the West to unleash a war against Syria?
"There are many of them. From the formation of foreign legions, invasion of Syria from Turkey to the Libyan scenario with the bombing option. But I think none of the NATO countries would do it. After all, it's not just about the fact that the Syrians know how to fight. The fact is that they know, paradoxically, how to lose. The entire history of Syria is a chain of losses, after which they retreated and regrouped, continued to fight and eventually won in this way.

The Syrians have held free parliamentary elections. During the next presidential election, I am convinced that the opposition will not be able to have a candidate who would win over Bashar, and I doubt that the opposition will have time to grow a candidate in their ranks if it blows up bombs in the streets instead of campaigning. In the meantime, Bashar beats any candidate with the advantage of at least six to four. The situation in Syria is now much safer than it appears from the Western media and "Al-Jazeera," there is a normal life, children go to school, people work, earn money, but Bashar is the guarantor of the economic stability in their country."

Whose side will have the advantage?
"NATO is stronger than Syria. However, I cannot imagine the countries of the bloc deciding to use direct aggression. Even political statements by the heads of this block suggest that the countries belonging to NATO want the Syrians to solve their problems, and we should talk about a national dialogue. In Western countries, there is opposition fueled by Middle Eastern money who wants to destabilize Syria.

And you will notice that most of the world is opposed to NATO. Here's an example. There was a meeting of the Russian and U.S. Presidents Putin and Obama, but that same day, there was a meeting of the leaders of the BRICS. Nobody knows what they were talking about, there was no communique published, but it is known that four topics were discussed, including Syria, Iran, the IMF and the European crisis, and one of the most important four topics was Syria. The BRICS countries coordinate their efforts, nearly all of Latin America and all the moderate Arab countries are against neo-colonialism of the West. In Egypt, for example, the government is allegedly on the side of the rebels, but journalists in major newspapers are in favor of the Syrian government."

Igor Latunsky

Pravda.Ru

 

budini , I'm glad to learn that the Russians are playing an active role and not allowing americans to continue monopolizing the whole world


Spasiba (wink)

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to marlowe ::::::

? why the extra letter at the end of your name ?

so please tell me what you think about socrates.

i can clearly see that he was a failure. ?why did he not escape and avoid the poison? there was a time when he was ordered (by the athenian government) to go to some island and arrest some former student of his who was against the athenian government. socrates resfused that first. he could have gone to the island and organized a rebellion against the athenian government. but instead he later took the poison. i say that this shows that socrates had nothing in which he actualy believed. so he died. it is very similar to the americans who want to call burning their own flag a form of speech; and they want to allow flag burning as a form of "freedom of speech" this is only modern nonsense equal to the ancient nonsense. ??? what do you think mr. marlowe ???

vlad

 

A) Its not an extra letter - its adopted from

http://www.marlowe-society.org/



B) You're entitled to your opinion on Socrates, for what it worth . But that's another subject. not Latest World News , so best discussed on another thread, on another board. (wink)

 

to marlow ::::

( a ) you are telling me it is an english name.
?? are you english ??

( b ) if socrates may not be discussed; why do you bring up the subject of socrates. it is right there on your posting.

by the way; i am not english, i am russian.

vlad

 

to all ::::::::

this is a good article.

World » Former USSR

Kazakhstan, Russia and Belarus to integrate joint air defense system
12.07.2012
While Tajikistan and Uzbekistan are flirting with the U.S. for the sake of getting personal benefits, Kazakhstan and Russia along with Belarus are going to integrate the joint air defense system by 2013. For this purposes, Astana and Minsk will receive S-300 system that never went to Iran. This decision has caused concern in Lithuania. Protests from the West are awaited.

Now, according to the CSTO agreement, the joint air defense system is active in five countries of the CIS. It is noteworthy that this list includes Ukraine, even though on a bilateral basis. Games with the European Union are one thing, but so far Kyiv prefers to trust its own safety to Moscow. Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan nearly ceased their participation in this program. This is not surprising given that the alliance promised more money if Tashkent, Dushanbe and Ashgabat are supportive of the U.S. Army.

Print version Font Size Send to friendAlexander Lukashenko and Nursultan Nazarbayev honor each letter of the contract and do not intend to refuse cooperation with Russia. These mental and cultural idiosyncrasies that unite the three countries are foreign to other Central Asian states and even more so Eastern Europe, whose political direction has long been shifted towards the European Union. Perhaps, a slight cooling in the relations between the CIS countries is quite natural. In any case, for the Kremlin today it is not very beneficial to pull Ashgabat, Dushanbe and Tashkent over to its side exclusively for military purposes. They are well aware how important they will be after the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan.

Ashgabat has not participated in the meetings of the Coordinating Committee on Air Defense at the Council of Ministers of Defense of the CIS since 1995. Moscow has welcomed the resumption of participation of Turkmenistan in the meetings of the delegation of CIS Air Defense Coordination Committee. However, Turkmenistan's air defense is self-sufficient. "They do all types of repair and maintenance on their own," GeorgiaTimes quoted Russian Air Force Deputy Chief of Defense, Major General Pavel Kurachenko.

However, Moscow did not rule out the prospect of accession to the united defense of Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, and Kyrgyzstan. So far the bet is placed on reliable partners - Astana and Minsk. This cooperation has already angered Lithuania, because Belarus and Kazakhstan may end up with anti-aircraft S-300 to protect their borders, which Vilnius does not like. The local Sejm in February ruled that it was an aggressive military alliance and not air defense system that is being created next to the country borders.

"There is no warming between Belarus and Lithuania, because strong military strategy of the two states is being carried out. Lithuanian entrepreneurs conducting business in Belarus should focus on the stable EU and NATO, because the desire to rush into privatized space of Belarus will make them hostages," Regnum quoted member of the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the Seim Emanuelis Zingeris.

Today it was announced that Kyrgyzstan has opened a regular meeting of the Coordinating Committee. The closest joint military training exercise for air defense will be CIS air defense exercise "Clear Sky" to be held in October of 2012 in Kazakhstan. Apparently, the fears of the Baltic and other European fosterlings of America do not concern the leadership of the countries who designed their response to NATO.

What should the combined air defense system be like? Since the problem of the European missile defense is one of the hottest in Russia's relations with the United States and NATO, there is a serious problem of military security. After the collapse of the Soviet Union, Moscow naively believed that the new joint defense will be based on close relationships and interdependence of all ex-military components. However, many neighbors in the CIS countries have not resolved their territorial disputes and the division of ex-USSR property is not over. Despite the fact that many countries have capable armies, the aggressor is no longer fighting with the Army and Navy.

Now, the Alliance uses mainly military aircraft. Accordingly, the only shield is air defense system. Reluctance to invest in air defense resulted in Saddam Hussein and Iraq's defeat in the shortest period of time, while "humanitarian bombing" of Belgrade lasted several months since Yugoslavia had an old, but still quite effective air defense.

While Russia, becoming the successor of the Soviet Union, wondered what to do about a new air defense system, the Bush administration in 2002 decided to deploy strategic bases of interceptor missiles and radar defense system in Europe. Later it was placed in close proximity to the Russian borders - in Poland and the Czech Republic. Accordingly, Russia has to have a response for every American step.

In the meantime, only Belarus and Russia have the joint air defense system. Now the Russian army has four divisions S-400, two of which are deployed in the Moscow suburbs, one - in the Baltic Fleet, and one - in Nakhodka. By the end of 2012, when Astana and Moscow intend to complete the creation of the joined defense system, Russian forces will be given the fifth set of the regimental S-400.

According to Doctor of Military Sciences, retired Lieutenant-General Mikhail Naumenko, the majority of the territory of the CIS states is relatively small, and the speed of modern air attack increased so that the national air defense forces may simply not have time to use or fully use their fighting potential. The depth of the territories of Central Asian republics ranges from 100 to 400-500 kilometers, Caucasus - from 150 to 300 kilometers. At the flight speed of modern air attack devices of 2,000-2,200 miles per hour, they will reach the borders of the republics in three to 15 minutes.

The resisting Tajikistan, Uzbekistan and Turkmenistan have much to lose. Their participation in the common benefit of defense is obvious. It should be remembered that the main NATO allies - Germany, France, Canada and Britain - have rejected the U.S. strategy of the European missile defense. They stated that such actions jeopardize strategic stability. The U.S. has not renounced intervention in Iran adjacent to Uzbekistan.

Ilona Raskolnikova

Pravda.Ru

 

to max :::::

regarding your post of "but were for peace"
perhaps you intended to say "but we are for peace" or "but we were for peace" or "but we'r for peace";;;
whatever, there is not that much difference.

also i want to say that russia has ended the cold war. remember the cold war. and russia has ended the international revolution (a major background cause of the cold war). and russia has even disorganized the warsaw pact.

however HOWEVER however

the USA has not ended its cold war foreign policy. the usa (and much of the american grass roots population) is not aware of the end of the international revolution. and NATO is still organized to encircle and oppose russia.

? what do you think of all that ?

vlad

 

Business » Companies

Russian Railways to open very large window to Europe
21.09.2012
Russian Railways (RZD) is going to buy 75% of shares of GEFCO, a French logistics company. According to RZD, the share at the European logistics operator may cost up to 945 million euros. The head of the Russian railway monopoly, Vladimir Yakunin, said that it was an "absolutely commercial project with a specific payback term."

It appears that the French company may become RZD's logistics operator in Europe as part of the project to develop the Trans-Eurasian transport corridor for the delivery of cargoes from Asia Pacific Region to Europe via the Trans-Siberian Railway.

GEFCO employs over 10,000 people. The company is engaged in the transportation of PSA's automotive components and finished vehicles. The automotive alliance controls the company. The French company operates services for the interests of the alliance under exclusive five-year contract.

GEFCO's second largest customer is General Motors. The world's largest automaker owns 7% of PSA. In July, as part of a cost-reduction program, the US-based General Motors signed a long-term exclusive agreement with its European partner PSA Peugeot Citroen to transfer nearly all of GM logistics in Europe and Russia to GEFCO. The new agreement will come into force in 2013.

Print version Font Size Send to friendIf RZD buys the French operator, the delivery of car parts to the factories of foreign automakers in Russia will be controlled by the state-run railway monopoly. In Russia, GEFCO services are used by such brands as Renault, Gestamp, Michelin, GM, Valeo, VW.

In total, GEFCO has 32 subsidiaries around the world. The company provides logistics services in Italy, Spain, Portugal, Switzerland, the UK, France, Germany, Benelux, Austria, Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, Hungary, Kazakhstan, Latvia, Poland, Romania, Russia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Turkey and Ukraine. The company also has offices in North Africa (Morocco and Tunisia), Asia (China, Hong Kong and India) and South America (Argentina, Brazil and Chile).

The operator conducts basic operations in Western Europe, which accounts for over 75% of revenue. Company revenues in 2011 totaled 3.8 billion euros, the operating profit made up 223 million euros.

PSA sells one of its profitable divisions as part of the strategy to get rid of non-profile assets. The operating losses of the production department of the company reach 200 million euros a month. In the midst of the crisis in 2009, the losses of Peugeot Citroen amounted to 1.16 billion euros. Within the scope of the cost-reduction program, PSA plans to cut personnel. The company also sold its headquarters in Paris for 245 million euros, and stopped a number of projects.

According to Reuters, Gores Group, Platinum Equity, PAI, investment funds CVC Capital Partners and AXA Private Equity expressed their interest in buying GEFCO.

The presentation for the Board of Directors of JSC Russian Railways says that the purchase of "one of Europe's leading providers of integrated logistics services will have a positive influence on the global competitiveness of the Russian economy."

RZD and GEFCO have a joint logistics project. From this year, the two companies take part in the delivery of non-military goods for NATO peacekeeping forces (ISAF - International Security Assistance Force) from the ports of Latvia to Afghanistan. Container trains of goods coming from Britain are formed in Riga, and then transit through the territories of Latvia, Russia, Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan to Afghanistan.

If RZD gets hold of GEFCO, the Russian monopoly will control two logistics operators - TransContainer and GEFCO. The synergy can have a positive effect for the solution of RZD's strategic goal of building the Trans-Eurasian transport corridor from Asia Pacific to Europe. The Russian company also intends to win a share of container shipping by sea from China to the Trans-Siberian Railway.

In 2010, at the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum, JSC TransContainer and GEFCO Group signed a memorandum of intent to establish a joint venture to develop multimodal transportation between Europe and Russia.

On September 11, First Deputy Prime Minister Igor Shuvalov ordered the Ministry for Economic Development, the Ministry for Transport and the Finance Ministry to submit their proposals for the construction of the container Trans-Eurasian Railway. This project to develop container traffic is known as "The Far East - the Western Border of Russia." The project should significantly accelerate the delivery of goods between Europe and Asia, with an extension to Vienna and an opportunity to enter the ports of Ust-Luga, Gdynya, Rotterdam and other logistics centers in Europe.

It is assumed that the speeds of container trains will go up to 140-160 km/h. The implementation of this project is expected to increase the volume of export-import container traffic to 3 million TEU per year, which accounts for about 5% of container traffic of time-sensitive goods from China and South-East Asia to Europe.

Sergei Nikolayev

Bigness

 

Are you having fun talking to yourself?

 

Sorry, did you say something?

 

to mr. capua ::::::

?? please do tell me; ? in what way am i "talking to myself"?

? was i talking to myself when you read my comments ?

? am i talkning to myself now ? -- yes; i would be talking to myself now if you did not understand what i have posted. but then again; what if someone else reads what i have posted.

let me ask you a simple little multiple choice question ;;;
?? WHAT is RUSSIA TODAY ??
-A- it is a country where all of the people bark as dogs.
-B- it is a geographic area wherte dogs can not bark, cats can not wag their tails, and fish can not swim.
-C- it is a modern nation which is safe from USA funded invasion by nazis. AND; russia is militarily safe because of its own tecnological abilities.
-D- it is a place where everyone sings and dances like kazaks and drinks vodka.

please, mr. capua; i am very interested in your answer to my college level multiple choice question.

vlad

 

My comment had to do with the fact that 9 of the first 13 posts were yours trying to elicit some attention.

carry on

 

I Did NOT bring SOCRATES into the discussion YOU DID.

Please - Go back and read your own posts.

 

Funny how Iran uses American and Iraq Russian.

 

to the great mr. frank capua.

by the way, your name is the same as the ancient city where spartacus first escaped and started a civil war and revolution against the ancient roman thesis of government and life.
?? do you know anything about capua ??

so your comment has to do with the fact that out of 13 postings on this thread, 9 of them were mine. that (you total genius) is because this is my thread. this thread is where i chose to post articles from pravda and perhaps start discussions based on those articles. i am not the only poster on this or any chat line who does this. it is actualy the only way to start lively discussions on any topics on any thread. if there is ever any discussion; then about half of the comments would be mine, and those comments would (logicaly) be responces to the comments of other readers, other posters.

you are another reader, you are an other poster. you are a poster (and reader) other than i. ??? anladinizmi ??? do you understand me ???

please do continue posting; perhaps you shall someday learn to comment in discussion form. for example. what was your reply to my question about russia. ???????????????

your friend; vlad

 

to marlowe :::::
please sir. take a look with your eyes. socrates entered this thread with your choice of a picture to place with your name on everyone of your postings. ?? anladinizmi ??

but please do continue to post whatever comments you may want. comments which either do or do not relate to the pravda newspaper articles which i have posted. yes, i would certainly very much prefer comments whuich are related to the content of the newspap[er articles which i have selected from pravda.

but you may speak about socrates any time that you may want. i am certain that you have great interest and knowledge in socrates. that is why you display his pictuire.

vlad

 

to mr. krunkskimo :::::

please do let me tell you that i am of russian origin, my name "budney" may be found among several east european national and ethnic groups.

please do tell me; what is the identity of your name mr. krunskimo.

?? how do you believe that iran is using america. and did you claim that iraq is using russia in the same way. ?what would that same way be?

vlad

 

to mr. marlowe and all others ::::::

let me ask you a simple little multiple choice question ;;;
?? WHAT is RUSSIA TODAY ??
-A- it is a country where all of the people bark as dogs.
-B- it is a geographic area where the dogs can not bark, the cats can not wag their tails, and the fish can not swim.
-C- it is a modern nation which is safe from USA funded invasion by nazis. AND; russia is militarily safe because of its own tecnological abilities.
-D- it is a place where everyone sings and dances like kazaks and drinks vodka.

please, mr. marlowe; i am very interested in your answer to my college level multiple choice question.

i may be posting other similar questions soon.

vlad

 

Woof.................

 

I hope Russia realizes they could rearm Iran too....