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In the last two years Chavez-led Venezuela has spent over $3 billion dollars buying Russian arms - 24 fighter planes, 35 military helicopters, air defense systems and 100,000 kalashnikov rifles, etc.
The latest deal between Chavez and Putin involves a Venezuelan purchase of nine Russian submarines.