RUSSIAN TANKS REALLY got into the spirit of things at the Russian Arms Expo recently by taking part in a ballet exhibition.

The choreographed display came at the start of the international exhibition to showcase Russian-made arms.

The Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) places Russia behind the US as the world’s second-largest arms exporter.

Russian exported over €4 billion worth of arms in the first six months of the year, and plans to have sold over €7.3 billion by the end of the year. Last year, the country exported around €6.5 billion in weapons and weapons-related products.

It’s not all one-way traffic, though. The country expects to have paid nearly €10 billion on foreign weapons by 2016.

The arms expo these tanks ‘danced’ at is just one of three supported by the Russian government.

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Tank ballet: highlight of the Russian Arms Expo

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