15 Sep 2011 15:32

Russia to sell $11.6 bln worth of arms in 2011 - Military-Technical Cooperation Service

YEKATERINBURG. Sept 15 (Interfax-AVN) - Russian arms exports in 2011 will amount to $11.6 billion, Federal Military-Technical Cooperation Service Director Mikhail Dmitriyev told reporters on Thursday.

"A rather serious target has been set before us - $11.6 billion. We will attain it, of course, as we did in the previous years," he said.

"The situation in the sphere of military-technical cooperation is fairly good with an upward trend. Sales of Russian arms keep growing," Dmitriyev said.