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.[1] http://www.hoonable.com/butter-for-cars-how-the-lada-came-to...[2] https://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/oct/15/russia-offered...