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Rajnath leaves for Russia amid China row; to press for S-400 delivery
Singh is primarily visiting Russia to attend a grand military parade in Moscow on June 24 to mark the 75th anniversary of the Soviet victory over Germany in the Second World War.
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Sanctions on India over S-400 missile deal? A possibility, says US envoy
Last year, India made the first tranche of payment of around $800 million to Russia for S-400 missile systems, which are most advanced long-range surface-to-air missile defence system
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Russia to begin delivery of S-400 missiles to India by end-2021: Report
In November, the same agency cited the general director of Russian state arms exporter Rosoboronexport, Alexander Mikheev, as saying deliveries would start in September 2021
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Turkey says will use Russian S-400s despite US threat of sanctions
Last month the US said Turkey would be spared sanctions under a 2017 law if the S-400 system is not turned on
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Russia plans to deliver S-400 missile systems to India on schedule: Putin
India announced its intention to acquire S-400 'Triumf' surface-to-air missile systems in 2015. The contract worth USD 5.43 billion was signed during the visit of President Putin to India last year
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US urges other countries to buy arms from it, and not Russia or China
Cooper identified China and Russia as strategic competitors whose efforts have been to proliferate arms around the world
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Turkey continues receiving Russian air defence parts, risks US sanctions
Turkey's defence ministry tweeted Saturday the landing of a fourth Russian cargo plane in Murted Air Base
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India buying Russian S-400 missile will seriously affect defence ties: US
There is still a significant dependence on Russia
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No sovereign guarantee given by Russia in S-400 deal, says IAF official
Congress has been attacking the Modi govt, asking why it did not insist for a sovereign guarantee from the French govt in the Rafale deal
Deliveries of S-400 air defence missiles to start from next year: Govt
India inked an agreement with Russia in October last year to procure a batch of the missile systems at a cost of Rs 40,000 crore
'India will soon find out': Donald Trump on US sanctions over S-400 deal
India last week inked a deal to purchase the S-400 Triumf air defence system from Moscow
S-400 surface-to-air missiles from Russia add teeth to upgraded air defence
By 2021, when the S-400 enters service, India's air defence will be improving
S-400 deal: Here's how India reasserted its independence on foreign policy
The S-400 missile deal has been an issue of much speculation after the Trump administration's Countering America's Adversaries Through Sanctions Act (CAATSA) law came into effect in January
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Trump may not waive sanctions on 'tariff king' India for S-400 buy: Experts
Only last month, US had used CAATSA to impose sanctions on Chinese entities for the purchase of S-400
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S-400 deal announced quietly after Doval's opposition, Modi's approval
Putin's last-minute intervention with PM salvages $5.43 bn pact
Despite US sanctions threat, govt buys Russian S-400 missiles for $5 bn
India is hoping that President Donald Trump's administration will give it a waiver on the weapons systems which New Delhi sees as a deterrent against China
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S-400 can launch 72 missiles simultaneously, engage 36 targets at a time
The delivery of the missile systems, tipped to be over $5 billion, will start 24 months from the signing of the contract
What makes S-400 a politically savvy deal, but hardly a game changer
Its integration may turn the missile into a white elephant that could bleed the military down the line; it may also not be effective against the F-16s Pakistan has bought, or China's stealth fighters
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Good and bad news for Russia: S-400 deal is on, while FGFA is dead
With India pressing for delivery of the first S-400 units by 2020, the order must be placed at the latest in October
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Negotiation on S-400 missiles sale to India is at advanced stage: Russia
The deal was signed during Russian President Vladimir Putin's visit to India in October 2016, and negotiations are being conducted on factors like technology transfer and final price
