Sanctions, which prevent russia from obtaining Western components for its weapons, have made it impossible to fulfill some of the contracts that russia has signed with India.
Source. This was reported by the Economic Times, citing the leadership of the Indian Air Force.
In particular, problems arose with the shipment to India of five S-400 Triumph air defense missile systems, the contract for which was signed in 2018.
The contract is worth $5.4 billion, and russia has pledged to fulfill it by the end of 2024.
A representative of the Indian Air Force told the publication that a large delivery from russia, which was supposed to take place this year, has been canceled. He said that the russian side had sent a written notice that the delivery was delayed.
In addition, there were problems with the supply of spare parts for military aircraft that India had been buying from russia.
In this regard, the Indian Ministry of Defense had to cut the budget allocated this year for weapons modernization, an air force spokesman said.
In mid-March, the annual report of the Stockholm Institute for Peace Research (SIPRI) stated that from 2013 to 2022, arms exports from russia fell by 31%. russia's share of global arms exports fell from 22% to 16%. At the same time, the French increased their share from 7.1% to 11%.
Background. In 2022, Ukraine ranked third in the world in terms of the number of imported weapons.