Former Defense Minister of Moldova Charged Over Sale of MiG-29 to US
Posted 3-19-2005 at 04:38 PM
The deal was worth more than $80 million, but the republic’s budget received only half of this sum.
If his guilt is proved, Pasat could spend from five to 12 years in prison.
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Former Moldovan Defense Minister Valeriu Pasat has been charged for exceeding his office over the sale of 21 MiG-29 fighter jets to the United States
in 1997, Itar-Tass reports. The Prosecutor General’s Office estimates that before being sold the planes should have been included in the state
privatization program.
The deal was worth more than $80 million, but the republic’s budget received only half of this sum.
If his guilt is proved, Pasat could spend from five to 12 years in prison.
Full Story @
http://mosnews.com/news/2005/03/18/pasatcharged.shtml
