"Russia will lose about $4 billion in existing and prospective arms deals with Libya after the fall of Muammar Gaddafi's regime.
Russian experts said on Thursday that the refusal to buy Russian weaponry by new Libyan authorities was predictable because Moscow did not play an active part in the support of Libyan rebels and was too slow to recognize the National Transitional Councilas the legitimate power in the country.
"It is obvious that the new Libyan authorities will buy weaponry primarily from France and the United Kingdom and secondly from Italy and the United States to thank them for their direct support in ousting Gaddafi," said Ruslan Pukhov, the head of the Russian Center for Analysis of Strategies and Technologies'.........READ MORE
No comments:
Post a Comment