Jewish Press:
The contract with Turkey to acquire Russian S-400 missile systems from Russia is being fulfilled and the Turks have already made a down payment, according to Russian presidential aide for military and technical cooperation Vladimir Kozhin who spoke to TASS. “The contract has come into force, the advance payment has been made,” Kozhin said, but was unable to provide details regarding the delivery.
Kozhin was also unable to say whether the Turks were given license to produce the S-400 systems on Turkish soil, saying, “We are not speaking about it, as yet we speak only about supplies of ready weapons, technologies – no.”
On September 12, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said he had signed an agreement with Moscow to purchase S-400 missile systems and had already made an advance payment. Kozhin told TASS such a contract had been signed and was about to be implemented. Turkish Undersecretary for Defense Industry Ismail Demir said delivery of S-400 systems would begin within two years.