29 fighters, 20 Sukhoi-30 fighters, 16 Yak-130 training planes as well as 8 S-300 PMU2 Favorit rocket systems and about 40 tanks, the Itar-Tass news agency reported. A one-on-one meeting between Putin and Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika, scheduled to last for one hour, went on for more than 5 hours, Russia's NTV television reported. Algerian state radio confirmed the debt write-off and said the country would spend the same amount in return on buying goods and services from Russia, without mentioning the arms deal. --SP 23 01 Local Time 20 01 GMT
