[operation clinton cleanup]

That figure surpassed the United States’ annual sales agreements to the developing world for the first time since the collapse of the Soviet Union.

I'm no arms expert, but I suspect the USSR shipments far surpassed that of the USA, if in quantity if not in price.

[Dutch Boy]

I have to say I contributed to the problem a few years ago when I bought a VEPR K 5.45x39mm and a case of Russian ammo.