The head of "Rostec" announced receipt of an advance from India for the supply of S-400

It is reported by RIA Novosti.

“The advance payment has taken place. I do not want to clarify which figure is accurate, but there is an advance payment. We have already begun production, work is ongoing, everything will be carried out in accordance with the schedule, ”he said.

Along with this, Chemezov specified that the contract should be finally completed in 2025.

Earlier, Indian Foreign Minister Subramaniam Jaishankar said that the United States can not indicate to the Indian side whether it can buy military equipment from Russia or not.

In October 2018, during negotiations between Russian President Vladimir Putin and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the parties signed a contract for the supply of S-400 in the amount of more than $ 5 billion.

In an interview with the NSN, expert Eduard Lozansky assessed the likelihood of imposing US sanctions on a number of countries due to Russian air defense systems.