It is a discreet alliance, although already old.
Nicaragua and Russia are old allies whose complicity dates back to the times of the USSR, a few weeks after the seizure of power by Daniel Ortega's Sandinistas in July 1979. When the ex-guerrilla made his comeback in 2006, relations between Moscow and Managua have strengthened.
"With the Russian Federation, from 2007, an intense cooperation began to develop, starting from staple foods like wheat, in the field of education, science, technology,"
said recognized the boss of the Sandinista Liberation Front.
Managua took delivery of 250 Russian buses in October and is expected to receive another 300 next month.
Moscow, which has a listening and surveillance center in the country, modernized the Nicaraguan army and delivered 50 T72B1 tanks, 2 MI-17V5 helicopters and 12 anti-missile systems, not to mention Yak fighters.
The Kremlin has repeatedly helped Nicaragua to
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