U.S. Punishes Arms Trader, Sukhoi

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The United States has slapped sanctions on state arms trader Rosoboronexport and jetmaker Sukhoi, accusing them of helping Iran acquire weapons of mass destruction.

Officials in Moscow reacted angrily, criticizing Washington for attempting "to impose U.S. laws on foreigners."

"In effect, the United States is punishing its own companies by preventing them from working with the most advanced Russian enterprises," the Foreign Ministry said in a statement posted on its web site Friday evening.

Another major deal under consideration is Boeing's bid to supply $3 billion-worth of planes to Aeroflot.

http://www.themoscowtimes.com/stories/2006/08/07/001.html

And the start of the rest of the story.

[Gloria]

1. US Punishes Arms Trader, Sukhoi--Moscow Times (Iran)

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1//The Moscow Times, Russia Monday, August 7, 2006. Issue 3469. Page 1.

http://www.themoscowtimes.com/stories/2006/08/07/001.html



U.S. PUNISHES ARMS TRADER, SUKHOI

By Valeria Korchagina, Staff Writer

The United States has slapped sanctions on state arms trader Rosoboronexport and jetmaker Sukhoi, accusing them of helping Iran acquire weapons of mass destruction.

Officials in Moscow reacted angrily, criticizing Washington for attempting "to impose U.S. laws on foreigners."

The sanctions on Friday came as relations between Moscow and Washington were strained over a number of other issues, from tensions over the Middle East to frustrations over the United States blocking Russia's World Trade Organization bid to Russian delays in announcing large contracts that U.S. firms hope to win.


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Rosoboronexport called the sanctions "an unfriendly act toward the Russian state and an attempt to destabilize Russia military and technical cooperation with other nations."

It was unclear from the Foreign Ministry's statement whether Russia saw a link between the sanctions and trade disagreements with Washington involving the two blacklisted companies and other deals.

This year, Gazprom has repeatedly delayed the announcement of foreign partners for the Shtokman Arctic gas fields. Two U.S. oil and gas majors, Chevron and ConocoPhillips, have been seeking to participate in the multibillion-dollar project, which is designed to produce liquefied natural gas and sell it primarily on the U.S. market.

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[IthinkThereforeIAM]

2. I'm confused here...

..."The United States has slapped sanctions on state arms trader Rosoboronexport and jetmaker Sukhoi, accusing them of helping Iran acquire weapons of mass destruction."


How can US sanctions on these Russian military industries have any effect? I am sure the US does not purchase any of their products, as the current misAdministration would make sure any business went to their campaign contributors, no matter what the cost of the products.

How will these "sanctions" have any effect on the rest of the world, ie... out of the US sanctioning jurisdiction.

[Dead_Parrot]

3. I think Sukhoi are trying to get into the civilian market.

They're not in any position to take on Boeing or Airbus, of course, but in the small-volume end they might be looking to take on Saab (who also branched out from military into civillian planes) so this might make things uncomfortable in Europe. And if they get it into production, the S-21 would be the dog's wotsits in the US corporate market.

But the bulk of their business is in military hardware to countries outside of shrubs influence, so this is free advertising. No-one ever called the Saab Gripen a Weapon of Mass Destruction...
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[drduffy]

4. Russia should tell the US to f**k off.

we have no moral leg to stand on regarding anything.

our government is morally bankrupt

out leaders are war criminals

bush is a murderer

911 was an inside job.

death to the empire. Long live the Republic


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