The Kremlin responded to the statement of the state Department about the loss of the Russian defense industry
Russia is trying to hedge risks in the market military-technical cooperation arising from unfair competition from the United States, said the press Secretary of the President Dmitry Peskov.
He assured that Moscow will continue to fight these actions of the US capital.
So Peskov said the message the state Department envoy Heather Nauert. In her expressions, the limits in time of the law "On combating the enemies of America through punishment" (CAATSA) cost the Russian defense industry three billion dollars. In the last month of summer last year, Donald trump signed a law CAATSA directed against Russia, Iran and North Korea. In the fall, the White house showed the list of individuals and organizations in the Russian military and intelligence sector, for "substantial" transactions which have the opportunity to be introduced punishment.
the state Department is told that the document will serve as a deterrent for those wishing to enter into contracts with Russian companies and has led to " billions in losses for the Russian defense industry ".
However, Russian experts doubted the correctness of the figures shown Nauer, calling them " taken from the ceiling ". So, the Director of the Center for analysis of world arms trade Igor Korotchenko recalled that contracts are prepared for a long time, for this reason, to talk about the fact that someone didn't want from their encapsulation, is possible only in theory.