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    Azerbaijan Unable, Or Unwilling, To Pay For Russian Weapons: Reports

    Russia's senior defense industry official has made an unexpected visit to Baku, as a Russian newspaper reports that Azerbaijan is refusing to pay for a shipment of Russian arms.

    "The fall in oil prices has affected everyone, and Azerbaijan is no exception," an unnamed Russian defense industry official told the newspaper Kommersant. As a result, a shipment of weapons ordered several years ago by Azerbaijan is currently sitting in port waiting for payment, the official said.

    An early version of a story on the Sputnik Azerbaijan site cited an Azerbaijani military expert backing that up, but some time after it was published all references to Baku's failure to pay were erased.

    In an apparent effort to sort out the situation, Russia's deputy prime minister in charge of defense industry, Dmitry Rogozin, arrived in Baku for a previously unannounced visit on Wednesday night. On Thursday, Rogozin posted a photo with him and Azerbaijan President Ilham Aliyev on his facebook page with the caption "Following positive negotiations with the leader of friendly Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev." There was no indication of what may have resulted from the positive negotiations.

    While Azerbaijan's budget problems are real, "its problems paying for the shipment may be both objective, as well as a bargaining position in negotiations with Russia," Kommersant noted. In particular, Azerbaijan has objected to a $200 million credit that Russia offered Armenia last year in order to acquire weaponry. Armenia and Azerbaijan are locked in a struggle over the disputed territory of Nagorno Karabakh. Armenia, a formal ally of Russia, gets discounted arms from Moscow, while oil-rich Azerbaijan is one of the Russian defense industry's best customers.

    Azerbaijan has made a number of arms purchases from Russia that it has estimated at $4 billion, and most of that has been delivered but there are still some tanks, infantry fighting vehicles and artillery systems yet to be delivered, according to Kommersant's source.

    "Russia's negotiation position will be fairly harsh, since the situation has arisen through no fault of Russia's," the newspaper noted. It quoted Russian military expert Ruslan Pukhov as suggesting that "you can always find a compromise... we could either stop the delivery of equipment and sell it to another country, or defer payment." Oh, to have been a fly on the well in the Rogozon-Aliyev meeting...



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        Apparently some members have inability with reading or comprehend what they read. It's stated in the orginal article that the vast majority of the contracts are already executed, and there are only some details remaining.
        Last edited by Aslanov; 03-03-2016, 05:55 PM.

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          Originally posted by Aslanov View Post
          Apparently some members have inability with reading or comprehend what they read. It's stated in the orginal article that the vast majority of the contracts are already executed, and there are only some details remaining.
          Apparently most of your media is a puppet in the hands of your regime. We don't take them seriously. Eurasianet has written what was mentioned in one of your stinky websites. You can believe what makes you sleep comfortable at night, but at the end of the day when someone at the level of Rogozin is meeting with your dictator then that means sh*t just got serious. You have to work on your reading and comprehending inabilities if you want to succeed in life

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            Eh, what? The original article is from Russian "Kommersant" newspaper and the same thing is emphasized there, that's why you should read the whole thing, and not just parts of it.

            Rogozin later tweeted that the two sides have reached mutual agreement. Feel free to check his twitter account.
            Last edited by Aslanov; 03-03-2016, 11:06 PM.

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              Originally posted by Aslanov View Post
              Apparently some members have inability with reading or comprehend what they read. It's stated in the orginal article that the vast majority of the contracts are already executed, and there are only some details remaining.
              Is Azerbajan broke? I think it would be best for Azerbaijan to start selling its military equipment including Mig-29s to supplement low butthead, I mean budget.
              Armenians are no threat...you could take back Artsakh with half of what you got.
              Just an idea instead of starving the Turkic Azeri people, paying them dirt for work, and tell them to shut up or else.

              Better yet.....find your roots and become an Iranian again.
              B0zkurt Hunter

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                Originally posted by Aslanov View Post

                ...... Rogozin later tweeted that the two sides have reached mutual agreement. Feel free to check his twitter account.
                LOL, Thats called politics ...

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                Politics is not about the pursuit of morality nor what's right or wrong
                Its about self interest at personal and national level often at odds with the above.
                Great politicians pursue the National interest and small politicians personal interests

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                  Originally posted by londontsi View Post
                  LOL, Thats called politics ...

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                  I was expecting him to tweet "we just declared war on Baku moustachate"

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                    Representation of Kalashnikov concern opens in Armenia
                    YEREVAN. – Representation of Kalashnikov opened in the central office of “Aspar Arms” company in Yerevan on Friday.

                    The ceremony was attended by Armenian Defense Minister Seyran Ohanyan, Russian Ambassador to Armenia Ivan Volynkin, representatives of Rosoboronexport and Kalashnikov concern.

                    According to the minister, the Armenian side attaches importance to military and technical cooperation with Russia.

                    “The opening of joint ventures creates a good basis for deepening of relations,” Ohanyan said.

                    Samples produced by Kalashnikov concern, including sniper weapons and pistols were presented.

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                      Originally posted by burjuin View Post
                      wasn't this a year ago?

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