Rosoboronexport: punishment of the West did not lead to decrease imports of arms
Volume of import of arms from Europe was not because of the punishment of the West did not lead to its decline, said Deputy Director of Rosoboronexport Igor Sevastyanov.
" Talk about a sharp decrease in procurement of weapons and military equipment, probably not worth it, because we didn't have so much of purchased equipment, " Sevastyanov said, quoted by RIA " Novosti ". The EU on 1 August 2014 introduced sectoral punishment on the Russian financial sector. Five Russian credit institutions fell under the limits: Sberbank, VTB, Gazprombank, VNESHECONOMBANK and the Russian agricultural Bank. However, the EU brought under penalties subsidiaries of Russian banks with the account in the EU. on July 17, the U.S. government introduced a fresh punishment on the Russian organizations, as well as among them and Vnesheconombank, Gazprombank, energy organizations Rosneft and NOVATEK, as well as organizations of the Russian defence industry, including the " Almaz-Antey " concern " Kalashnikov ". Punishment the US will affect NGOs " Izhmash ", NGO " Basalt ", Uralvagonzavod and instrument design Bureau. Remember, June 17, the new leader of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko forbade any military-technical cooperation with Russia. Then Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Rogozin said that the capital of Russia already has a plan for import substitution of military goods of Ukraine.
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