Jerusalem mayoral hopeful Arkadi Gaydamak was a news item on Monday, but not in a positive way. The trial opened against him and other defendants in France, addressing his sale of $800 million in military armaments to Angola in the 1970s. the Russian-made military hardware was sold in violation of an embargo that was in place at the time.
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According to Gaydamak, the sales were made directly from Russia to Angola, without and French involvement whatsoever, bypassing the embargo.
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In response to the media splash surrounding the opening of the trail, Gaydamak stated �I stopped the civil war in Angola. Today, Angola is the major supplier of oil to Israel, to Haifa refineries�.

(Yechiel Spira – YWN Israel)