this comes after the 2016 campaign and meddling in the 2016 campaign with the 12 russians charged by rod rosenstein. now just last night, president trump gave an interview to reuters who said he would be willing to offer the russians sanctions relief if they work with the u.s. with syria and ukraine. and this seems to be a fact that the russians seem to believe they will take the lead role and the u.s. needs to follow in syria. finally, i m at the largest arms expo looking to showcase stealth fighter jet. another way russia wants to challenge the united states. guys. we are glad you are there covering it for us.
you can get it too. welcome to the party. introducing gig-speed internet from xfinity. finally, gig for your neighborhood too. business is booming for russia s arms dealers who are once again pushing for global dominance after years of decline. russia now moving into markets once dominated by the americans. cnn visited russia s biggest arms fare. fred pleitgen live from moscow with what we found. good morning, fred. reporter: hi, it s called the army 17 arms expo, happening now in the southwest of moscow. it s interesting to see that russian arms dealers in the past you would think weapons were crude, fairly cheap, and were spread around the world. now the russians are saying they re moving into more high-end markets, markets that would often be dominated by american here in the past.
jennifer given is live at griffin is live at the pentagon with more on this. reporter: hi, jenna. well, saudi arabia and the uae have been asking for the u.s. to sell this technology to them, but it wasn t until the largest arms expo in the world which began this weekend in abu dhabi that the deal was announced. the uae agreed to buy $1.4 billion in u.s. weapons including $200 million in unarmed predator drones which amounts to about 20 remotely-piloted aircraft from general atomics aeronautical systems through a middle man known as the international golden group. the state department and pentagon have remained mum about the deal which was confirmed to fox news from uae sources. but here s a press release from general atomics last week. quote: