"Negotiations
are being held on the purchase of 3.1-ton light armored
vehicles VBL
Vehicule Blinde Leger on a 4x4 wheel platform,"
the Center for the Analysis of the World Arms Trade said
on its website, citing Panhard Chairman Christian Mons.
The
contract could amount to $260 million, the statement said.
The vehicles are meant for the Federal Security Service
border guards.
Russia
is also continuing talks with France on a $2 billion contract
to buy Mistral class helicopter carriers for the Russian
Navy.
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