Russia gives Armenia $200 mln loan to buy weapons
The governments of Russia and Armenia have signed an agreement to grant Armenia a loan of up to $200 million for ten years with deferred payments until the beginning of 2018, reports the official website of legal information. The loan allocated is for the financing and the supply of military products from Russia. According to the document, Armenia will buy Russian MLRS "Smerch" and ammunition, anti-aircraft missile complexes "Igla-S", surface complexes of electronic jamming system "Avtobaza-M", heavy flamethrower system TOS-1A with transport-loading machines, 9М113М guided missiles, rocket-propelled grenades RPG-26, Dragunov sniper rifles, armored "Tiger" cars, engineering tools and means of communication. The report said that the list may be amended by mutual written agreement between the Federal service for military-technical cooperation and Armenian Defense Ministry.
