Russia has signed a contract on supplies of military planes and helicopters to Venezuela worth over $1 billion, the defence minister is quoted by RIA Novosti news agency as saying.
Sergei Ivanov said 30 Su-30 Flanker air-superiority fighters and 30 helicopters would be supplied to Venezuela.
The Russian Su-30 Flankers will replace a Venezuelan contingent of U.S. F-16 multi-role fighters after Washington imposed an embargo on arms sales to the country May 15, which it says poses a threat to regional stability.
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