Arms exhibition to open in Nizhny Tagil

MOSCOW. July 5 (Interfax) – An international arms exhibition will be
held in Nizhny Tagil from July 6-10 to display, among other exhibits,
the latest developments of the Russian defense sector, the
Rosoboronexport press service told Interfax. “The Nizhny Tagil
exhibition will feature advanced weapons and upgraded military
hardware from more than two dozen countries,” the press service
said. Alexander Orlov, spokesman for the Collective Security Treaty
Organization’s secretariat, told Interfax on Monday that the
exhibition will also include military hardware and arms the Collective
Security Treaty Organization plans to sell at lower prices. The
hardware includes 80 armored personnel carriers, modernized artillery
launchers and munitions, Orlov said. The Collective Security Treaty
Organization comprises Armenia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan,
Russia, and Tajikistan. The organization’s collective rapid deployment
forces, which were created on May 25, 2003, involve nine battalions of
more than 5,500 people. Russia opened its air base on the premises of
Bishkek’s Kant airport in October 2003 to support the collective rapid
deployment forces’ operations.

From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress