Russia negotiates its biggest arms deal with Egypt since Cold War after Obama cuts aid

"Russia negotiates its biggest arms deal with Egypt since the Cold War after Barack Obama cuts defence aid," by Henry Meyer and Mariam Fam for Bloomberg News, November 12 :

Russia is negotiating its biggest weapons deals with Egypt since the Cold War as it seeks to capitalize on U.S. President Barack Obama’s decision to cut defence aid to the military-backed government.

Egypt is seeking as much as US$2 billion in Russian weaponry, including MiG-29 fighter planes, air-defence systems and anti-tank missiles, said Ruslan Pukhov, a member of the Russian Defence Ministry’s advisory board and head of the Center for Analysis of Strategies and Technologies in Moscow.

"They are trying to send the U.S. a strong message by approaching Russia the way they are, which is 'unless you stop linking military aid with political issues, we’re going to look elsewhere.'" Message received -- except by Obama, who with his unstinting and uncritical support for the Muslim Brotherhood created the vacuum that the Russians are filling.

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