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Wednesday, February 22, 2012

Russia to deliver 120 T-90 main battle tanks to Algeria

T-90 main battle tankAlgeria has signed a contract with Russian state arms exporter Rosoboronexport for 120 additional T-90 main battle tanks. In 2006 Algeria purchased 180 of the type.

Algeria signed the contract for the T-90s in September last year, according to the Russian daily economic newspaper Vedomosti, which quoted sources close to Rosoboronexport and Russian Technologies. The 120 tanks are valued at around US$470 million.

"These contracts were concluded on a background of increasing instability, after the revolts in Tunisia, Egypt and the war in Libya," said the newspaper.

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