Interest in Russian Weapons Rising After Ukrainian Operations: FSMTC Official

Foreign buyer interest in Russian weapons has increased after their performance in Ukraine going by the number of international delegations visiting the just-concluded Army 2022 arms show near Moscow.

According to Dmitry Shugaev, Director of Federal Service for Military-Technical Cooperation (FSMTC), “the special military operation in Ukraine has significantly increased the interest of foreign partners in Russian weapons. Many of them, basing on available materials, evaluated their effectiveness in combat use.”

Shugaev told Defensemirror.com in an e-mail interview, “they (foreign buyers) were once again convinced of the high quality, reliability, durability and maintainability of Russian military products, which also made it possible to attract the attention of new potential buyers in various regions of the world.”

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U.S. Not imposing sanctions against India for S-400 buy

After first threatening and later not imposing sanctions against India for buying S-400 air defense systems reflects “weakness” on the part of Washington, Shugaev said without elaborating.

“I want to say that we consider Western sanctions against Russian-Indian military-technical cooperation as unfair competition and pressure on the sovereignty of both Russia and India,” he continued.

“I can confidently say that, despite the undisguised and gross attempts by the United States to violate the sovereign rights of independent states (by threatening sanction for buying Russian weapons), our military-technical cooperation system allows us to protect both Russian manufacturers of military products and our foreign partners.”

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