Volume of import of arms from Europe was not because of the punishment of the West did not lead to its decline, said Deputy Director of Rosoboronexport Igor Sevastyanov.
" Talk about a sharp decrease in procurement of weapons and military equipment, probably not worth it, because we didn't have so much of purchased equipment, " Sevastyanov said, quoted by RIA " Novosti ". The EU on 1 August 2014 introduced sectoral punishment on the Russian financial sector. Five Russian credit institutions fell under the limits: Sberbank, VTB, Gazprombank, VNESHECONOMBANK and the Russian agricultural Bank. However, the EU brought under penalties subsidiaries of Russian banks with the account in the EU. on July 17, the U.S. government introduced a fresh punishment on the Russian organizations, as well as among them and Vnesheconombank, Gazprombank, energy organizations Rosneft and NOVATEK, as well as organizations of the Russian defence industry, including the " Almaz-Antey " concern " Kalashnikov ". Punishment the US will affect NGOs " Izhmash ", NGO " Basalt ", Uralvagonzavod and instrument design Bureau. Remember, June 17, the new leader of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko forbade any military-technical cooperation with Russia. Then Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Rogozin said that the capital of Russia already has a plan for import substitution of military goods of Ukraine.

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