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MOSCOW — Arms exports to Venezuela might reach as much as $5 billion, Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said Monday, a few days after he traveled to the country.
Putin visited Venezuela last week and pledged to sell more weapons to the country but gave no hard figures.
Russia on Friday agreed to lend Venezuela up to $2.2 billion for the arms deals. Hugo Chavez’s government has bought more than $4 billion in Russian weapons since 2005, including helicopters, fighter jets and 100,000 Kalashnikov rifles.
