Chemezov spoke about the prospects of China to supply S-400 – RBC

The head of the state corporation” Rostec “Sergei Chemezov

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The Russian anti-aircraft S-400 entered service on or after the Chinese army in 2018, said General Director of” Rostec “Sergey Chemezov. According to him, first they have to put the Russian army

Talking about the effectiveness of the system of arms sales adopted in Russia, the general director of the state corporation “Rostec” Sergei Chemezov said that the order book of “Rosoboronexport” was already $ 48 billion. Interview with Chemezov, published by the newspaper

«Kommersant».

He also noted that the supply of Russian systems “Buk-M2E”, “Antey-2500″ and the S-400 “Triumph” interested in China, Egypt and Algeria. “We have a rule: first supply arms of his army, and then sell arms abroad. Many customers are asked to put them ordered weapons before, but we just warned them about the timing and sequence – as was the case with China, “- said Chemezov, adding that the Chinese Army will receive S-400 no earlier than 2018

In addition, he spoke about the growth of the order book. “For 15 years we’ve put a weapon in 116 countries for $ 115 billion more recently, our order backlog was $ 45 billion, and now has $ 48 billion Time has shown that the decisions taken then were correct:.. Exports grow. There was not a single year when volumes fell, always saw an increase: today the volume of supply on the “Rosoboronexport” line – over $ 13 billion annually, and together with other companies – more than $ 15 billion, “- Chemezov told

<. p> in December 2015, an interview with RBC Chemezov said that the list of “Rosoboronexport” orders is $ 45 billion, “that’s enough to our businesses feel confident”, -. he added, then

As previously wrote. RBC, Iran in April for the first time demonstrated the Russian anti-aircraft missiles in the parade in Tehran. Russian S-300 took part in the event without launchers and missiles themselves. Earlier, Tehran has received the first batch of goods under a contract for the supply to Russian S-300. The contract is scheduled to perform in full before the end of 2016.

The contract to supply Iran with five battalions of S-300 PMU-1 in the 40 launchers worth about $ 800 million was signed in 2007. However, it has not been made because in 2010 Russia imposed a veto on the deal. Iran is trying to challenge this decision in the arbitration court in Geneva, the amount of claims against the “Rosoboronexport” amounted to $ 4 billion.

Even before the settlement in July 2015 of “six” countries and Iran nuclear issue and agreed to lift the sanctions against Tehran President Vladimir Putin has signed a decree lifting the ban on the delivery of anti-aircraft systems to Iran of S-300. Moscow and Tehran signed a new contract. At the beginning of January 2016 Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Rogozin said that Russia received guarantees from Iran to revoke the lawsuit against Russia.