The US government is supporting the Rosoboronexport, a major Russian arms dealer. So Washington is criticizing Putin for his actions in the Crimea and slapping the wrists of a few Russian billionaires while a billion in tax payer money is going to Russia for weapon systems--only in bureaucratic Washington!
Arms exporter Rosoboronexport has raked in $1,133,783,077 in Defense Department contracts since 2011, according to federal contracting records. Shortly before these contracts began getting the green light, Rosoboronexport had been the subject of U.S. sanctions for assisting Iran’s nuclear and missile programs.
Today, senators sent a strong bipartisan message to Obama: cancel all existing contracts with the Russian arms exporter including upcoming deliveries, scrap plans to ink new contracts, and put the company back on the sanctions list where it belongs.
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