Rosoboronexport demanded 11 billion rubles from the operator of S-400 transportation to China. The missiles were destroyed due to storm damage

Rosoboronexport filed two lawsuits for $165 million and 1.79 million euros (about 11 billion rubles in total) against the maritime agency Baltic Transport, which transported S-400 anti-aircraft systems to China, Fontanka drew attention this to . Last year, the missiles fell into disrepair after a storm and had to be destroyed.

Two cases of Rosoboronexport against Baltic Transport are registered on the website of the Moscow Arbitration Court: the meeting on the first will be held behind closed doors on March 5 , on the second - on March 19 .

The head of Rostec, Sergey Chemezov, spoke about the destruction of missiles at a military exhibition in Abu Dhabi. “Unfortunately, there was an accident. The ship that was carrying these missiles got into a storm, and they were forced to destroy all these missiles, ” said . he

Dry cargo ship Nikifor Begichev, operated by Baltik Trans-port, as Fontanka clarifies, got into a storm on January 3 last year in the English Channel, because of this, the transported equipment was flooded with sea water. In addition to anti-aircraft guided missiles, a multifunctional radar station was also damaged, wrote RBC . The source of the publication estimated the total cost of the transported cargo at 1.3 billion rubles.

China signed a contract with Russia for the supply of the S-400 Triumph in 2014, becoming the first foreign customer for the systems. Baltic Transport began deliveries in December 2017, and China received the first complexes in 2018.

In September last year, the United States for the first time imposed secondary sanctions on the country for deals with Russia in the military field (in 2015, China ordered 24 fighter jets worth more than $ 2 billion). Russia has also signed contracts for the supply of S-400s with Turkey and India. At the same time, the United States has already threatened Turkey with sanctions if it nevertheless purchases weapons from Russia. Despite this, an agreement with India on the supply of five regiments was signed in October.