US buys 81 Soviet-era combat aircraft from Russia’s ally for less than $20,000 each, report says
That ally is Kazakhstan, in case you wondered. “One notable Russian TV commentator, Vladimir Solovyov, said that his country “must pay attention to the fact that Kazakhstan is the next problem because the same Nazi processes can start there as in Ukraine.” Everyone who doesn’t bend to my geopolitical goals is a Nazi. In 2013, Putin made his views on Kazakhstan quite clear when he claimed that the Kazakh people ‘never had statehood.’ Kazakhstan had also started increasing their military spending at around the start of the Russian invasion of Ukraine and even provided aid to Ukraine as well.
It’s intriguing how the US recently purchased 81 Soviet-era combat aircraft from Kazakhstan for less than $20,000 each.… Continue reading
John Q. Hosedrinker