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Thursday, November 14, 2013

Pentagon Says It Won’t Buy More Disputed Russian Copters

Mi-17 HipThe Pentagon won’t buy more Mi-17 helicopters from Rosoboronexport, Russia’s state-owned export company, after completing a $572 million contract signed in June, according to a Defense Department spokeswoman.

“The department has re-evaluated requirements in consultation with Congress,” spokeswoman Maureen Schumann said in an e-mailed statement. “We currently do not have plans to purchase additional Mi-17s from Rosoboronexport beyond” the 86 already purchased for the Afghanistan military.

Pentagon officials have said Rosoboronexport was the only source for the Russian-made Mi-17 that Afghanistan’s military has flown since the 1980s. U.S. lawmakers raised objections about the purchases because the company has supplied arms to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad.

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