Moscow’s Arms Purchases Abroad Costing Russians Wages and Jobs at Home
Moscow has long been proud of the sale of Russian arms abroad, but increasingly it is buying military equipment from foreign firms, a shift that is contributing to wage arrears and even unemployment in that Russia’s own military industry and quite possibly creating a potentially serious political problem for the Russian powers that be.
Moscow has long been proud of the sale of Russian arms abroad, but increasingly it is buying military equipment from foreign firms, a shift that is contributing to wage arrears and even unemployment in that Russia’s own military industry and quite possibly creating a potentially serious political problem for the Russian powers that be.
Russian purchases of four ships from France and its attempt to purchase pilotless drones from Israel have attracted a great deal of media attention in both Moscow and the West, but efforts by the Russian defense ministry to purchase 1,000 IVECO M65 armored vehicles have sparked real outrage in Russia.
By Paul Goble
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