Venezuelan President Chavez said in Moscow Sunday he had obtained a $2.2-billion line of credit from Russia for 90 T-72 tanks and an advanced long-range air defense system.

VOA: standard.2009.09.15

IMF deputy managing director John Lipsky told an economic forum in Washington Tuesday that the Flexible Credit Line,or FCL, is a form of insurance policy.

VOA: standard.2009.04.22