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Thursday, January 28, 2021 10:00:31 AM
Construction of a Kalashnikov assault rifle factory in in Venezuela has stalled due to the COVID-19 pandemic, an informed source in Caracas told Russian news agency Interfax. The project is being implemented, but the coronavirus has affected everything: personnel, supply of materials, required infrastructure, he said.
The agency s interlocutor could not name any new deadlines for completion of the construction.
In 2006, Presidents Vladimir Putin and Hugo Chavez agreed to build two plants in Venezuela for licensed production of AK-103 assault rifles and 7.62 mm cartridges.
At the end of 2014, then-Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Rogozin pointed out to failures in the construction of these factories, due to which the completion deadlines were pushed until the end of 2015.