Forecast: Ankara will cancel the Russian S-400 contract under NATO pressure or having achieved results of its own shantage
ArmInfo. Ankara is quite capable of abandoning the Russian S- 400 systems not only under the pressure of NATO, in particular the United States, but also having achieved the results of its own policy of blackmail. Such an opinion was expressed by ArmInfo director of the Institute of Oriental Studies of the National Academy of Sciences of Armenia Ruben Safrastyan.
According to the general director of Rostek, Sergei Chemezov, Turkey has already purchased four S-400 divisions from Russia for $ 2.5 billion. The Russian and Turkish Ministries of Finance concluded negotiations on granting Moscow an Ankara loan for the purchase of the S-400, it remains only to approve the final documents. 45% of the total amount of the contract, Turkey pays as an advance, 55% is the credit of the Russian Federation. The first deliveries are planned in March 2020.
"I very much doubt Turkey's ability to bring the S-400 deal to real deliveries, I share the opinion of a number of experts." The apparent dissatisfaction of Turkey's allies in NATO, primarily the US, is only part of the underwater icebergs on the way to arms deals with Russia. The blackmail of both opponents and his own allies for Erdogan has long become a habit, therefore, when referring to Moscow for weapons, he is trying to put pressure on Washington and Brussels, he denied this weapon, "the Turkologist said. The agreement on the supply of S-400 complexes Moscow and Ankara was signed in mid-September. The contract was criticized by NATO, the allies characterized Turkey's decision as capable of preventing it from becoming part of the Alliance's unified air defense system. Ankara justified an appeal to Moscow for the impossibility of obtaining similar air defense systems from NATO countries.