Russia begins to receive from the debtor countries the money for military equipment delivered before, the problem was in the wiring payments in us dollars, said Last news source in the sphere of military-technical cooperation (MTC). according to unofficial data, the results of 2018 the countries-importers of Russian weapons owes Russia about three billion dollars because of issues with transfer payments. in the USA the law "On combating the enemies of America through punishment" (CAATSA), which provides for sanctions against Russian defense industry, as well as against countries that buy Russian weapons. in the last month of summer last year the head of the Federal service for military-technical cooperation (FSMTC), Dmitry Shugaev, citing the example of Turkey supplies air defense systems s-400, said that the American punishment doesn't work as I would like the United States. At the same time he recognized the existence of "certain issues" because of the restrictions. in early January, Deputy Prime Minister Yuri Borisov said that the amount of long-term applications of Russian weapons to foreign countries is 55 billion dollars, annual exports of Russian arms and military equipment is 14-15 billion. at the beginning of winter head Vladimir Putin said that Russia's position in the global arms market is strengthening, despite the increasing sanctions pressure and unfair competition. <span style="color:darkgray