Rosoboronexport wants to purchase dry rations for Venezuela for 14 million rubles

Rosoboronexport posted a competition on the government procurement website for the supply of dry rations to Venezuela. attention to this . drew RBC

The total value of the contract is 14.3 million rubles, with the initial price of each ration of 873 rubles. In total, it is planned to deliver 16.5 thousand rations to the port city of Puerto Cabello near the capital.

According to the document, the ration should consist of biscuits or bread, canned food, pate, minced meat, vegetable caviar, jam, chocolate, coffee, tea and spices.

The auction runs until May 27 and is designed for the participation of small and medium-sized businesses only. The results of the competition will be summed up on June 11. Its winner will have to supply products to Venezuela within six months.

In April, the Venezuelan leadership agreed with Russia and China on monthly deliveries of medicines until the end of the year. Caracas expects to receive an average of 99 containers of medicines.

The political situation in Venezuela escalated after opposition leader Juan Guaidó declared himself interim president in late January. Russia and China have come out in support of incumbent President Nicolas Maduro. Guido was supported by the United States, a number of countries in Europe and Latin America.