Russia - Indonesia arms contracts

PapaDragon wrote:

Krepost wrote:Why so much negativity about palm oil.

Palm oil is the most important ingredient for making all kinds of fatty acids that are used in a vast number of consumer goods such as shampoos, creams, detergents and many other personal care products that you guys (and girls) use on a daily basis.

Russia and every other country that has an industry needs palm oil....

Problem is that it does not end up in cosmetics but in food

The less of it there is available the smaller the odds are of it ending up in food because it will nave to be used in cosmetics

But when there's cheap surplus of it around it all goes into food

Broski wrote:Do they plan on paying the US & France in Palm Oil?

Krepost wrote:Why so much negativity about palm oil.

Palm oil is the most important ingredient for making all kinds of fatty acids that are used in a vast number of consumer goods such as shampoos, creams, detergents and many other personal care products that you guys (and girls) use on a daily basis.

Russia and every other country that has an industry needs palm oil.

Sad to see the Indonesians opting out of the Su-35 deal.
Then again, they were never a great client of Russia (having revealed secrets of previous Soviet weapons to the USA).

Having said that, they still buy Russian weaponry up to now:
Here is one of the recent Indonesian acquisitions from Russia:
An Indonesian warship equipped with the new Russian AU-220M 57mm gun created by Burevestnik in NIzhni-Novgorod.

Indonesia’s $22 Billion Purchases of US, French Fighter Jets: How Russia’s Su-35 Lost Out

The Indonesian acquisitions are notable, first, for their scale, with $22 billion worth of purchases being a tremendous sum even for larger arms importers such as Saudi Arabia or Japan and representing a major escalation of defense spending. At the same time, the new deals also reflect the success of U.S. efforts to expand the market share of Western armaments using threats of economic sanctions.

https://thediplomat.com/2022/02/indonesias-22-billion-purchases-of-us-french-fighter-jets-how-russias-su-35-lost-out/