When the Soviet Union Paid Pepsi in Warships
The Soviets also traded Lada cars for New Zealand dairy products (mainly butter) [1], and after the fall of the Soviet Union, Russia apparently even offered MiG fighter jets, a nuclear submarine, and tanks in an attempt to pay its $200mm debt it owed the New Zealand Dairy Board [2], which is particularly ironic as New Zealand was at the time (and still is) a nuclear free nation.<p>[1] <a href="http://www.hoonable.com/butter-for-cars-how-the-lada-came-to-new-zealand/" rel="nofollow">http://www.hoonable.com/butter-for-cars-how-the-lada-came-to...</a><p>[2] <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/oct/15/russia-offered-newzealand-military-hardware" rel="nofollow">https://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/oct/15/russia-offered...</a>