Moscow: Russia will ban all weapons sales to Libya, the Kremlin said in a statement on Thursday, effectively suspending its arms contracts with the government of Muammar Gaddafi.
An order signed by President Dmitry Medvedev "bans the export from the Russian Federation to Libya as well as the sale, delivery and transfer... of all types of arms and related materials, including weapons and ammunition, combat vehicles and military hardware", it said.
Russia, the world's second-largest arms exporter after the United States, was one of the main suppliers of weapons to Libya.
A senior Russian arms official said last week the unrest in Libya had cost Moscow $4 billion in arms deals.
The daily Kommersant cited a source last week as saying Russia had $2 billion worth of arms contracts with Libya and was close to concluding deals to sell military aircraft and anti-aircraft missiles worth another $1.8 billion.
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