"We are ready to supply Russian chips, which can be used in bank cards, SIM cards, all sorts of certificates and other things, and which [Venezuela] commonly uses. And we are also ready to cooperate with them in terms of supply of Russian software," Rogozin, who is in charge of Russian military industry, told reporters in Caracas.
He added that Venezuelan banks had recently faced a hacker attack, which affected a large number of people.
He also added that, Russia may become a leading wheat supplier to Venezuela if it provides necessary guarantees and payment, Russian Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Rogozin said Wednesday.
"In the future, if we get the appropriate guarantees and payment from Venezuela, and it is interested in it, we can become the leading wheat supplier to Venezuela. But the agricultural project is not limited by this, it has a great future since this country has unique arable land, Russia could provide assistance to Venezuela in the analysis of soil, supply of agricultural equipment for harvesting and post-harvest processing," Rogozin told reporters in Caracas.
According to Rogozin, the commercial contract would be signed in January, envisaging supplies of 30,000-50,000 metric tons of wheat from Russia to Venezuela, the crop it previously had been receiving from Canada and the United States.
"This is a very interesting project, with prospects and economically justified expenses," Rogozin added.
He stressed that in 2016 Russia secured record crop of wheat.
On Wednesday, Rogozin started his four-day working visit to Latin American countries. He is set to visit Nicaragua, Venezuela and Cuba to discuss trade and economic cooperation. Rogozin pointed out that the Russian side invited Venezuelan experts from the banking sphere to Russia to share experience of the Russian leading universities and enterprises of the military-industrial complex, specializing in the sphere.
