Radio Free Europe:
A key achievement of Russian President Vladimir Putin on a trip to India this week will be the signing of a $5 billion deal to supply India with S-400 air-defense systems, a top Kremlin aide has said.
The deal comes despite warnings from the Pentagon that India would run afoul of U.S. sanctions against Russia’s military and defense sector if it purchased the sophisticated weapon systems.
Putin is visiting India on October 4-5 at the invitation of Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Moscow has been negotiating to sell the S-400 long-range surface-to-air missiles to India for months.
“The key feature of this visit will be the signing of the agreement to deliver S-400 air-defense systems. The value of the contract will be more than $5 billion,” Putin’s top foreign-policy aide, Yury Ushakov, told reporters in Moscow.
