MOSCOW, Russia — Russian President Vladimir Putin will oversee the signing of a $5 billion deal this week to supply New Delhi with the S-400 air defense system, a top Kremlin aide says ahead of Putin’s trip to India.
“The president is leaving for India on October 4,” Putin’s top foreign policy aide Yury Ushakov tells reporters.
“The key feature of this visit will be the signing of the agreement to deliver S-400 air defense systems,” he says. “The value of the contract will be more than $5 billion.”
Moscow has been negotiating to sell the S-400 long-range surface-to-air missiles to India for months.
The sale has irked India’s defense partner Washington, which has wanted to wean India off Russian technology, and a senior Pentagon official said in August that sanctions against India would come under consideration if the purchase goes through.
— AFP
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