New Delhi, Jan. 17 -- Russia on Friday said that five S-400 anti-aircraft air-defence systems will be delivered to India in 2025, as per schedule. At a press briefing, Russian ambassador to India Nikolay Kudashev and charge d'affaires, Roman Babushkin said that the production of the S-400 air-defence systems had already begun. The US had opposed the deal and even threatened that it could invite sanctions.
"Five systems will be delivered in 2025," Babushkin said, adding that this year the Indian armed forces will receive the first batch of the 5000 Kalashnikov machine guns produced by Russia here
in India.
Also, 60 helicopters Ka-2267 will be supplied and 140 produced in India after the contracts are signed. The deputy of the Russian miss...