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11. März 2024 · MILAN — Russian weapons exports have dropped dramatically under the shadow of Moscow’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine and the global sanctions that followed, according to the Stockholm ...
3. Mai 2023 · Declining arms sales are both a symptom and cause of eroding Russian influence in global affairs. Arms sales and in-kind military aid are among major powers’ strongest levers of influence...
Russian arms exports fell by 53% between 2014–18 and 2019–23. The number of countries purchasing major Russian arms dropped from 31 in 2019 to 12 in 2023. States in Asia and Oceania received 68% of total Russian arms exports in 2019–23, with India accounting for 34% and China for 21%. [9]
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Russia exports a variety of weapons including planes, engines, missiles, armoured vehicles and air defence systems. Aircraft make up nearly half (48.6 percent) of Russian arms exports. Between 2016 and 2020 Russia delivered about 400 fighter jets including the Sukhoi and MiG family of jets, to at least 13 countries. India bought at least half of th...
The most famous Russian weapon is the AK-47, or Kalashnikov. Developed by Soviet army general Mikhail Kalashnikov in the 1940s, the cheap, durable and easy-to-use assault rifle is the standard infantry weapon for more than 100 countries. The AK refers to “Avtomat Kalashnikova”, Russian for automatic Kalashnikov, and the number “47” represents the y...
In 2020, the US spent $778bn on its armed forces – the largest military spend in the world and more than the next 10 highest-spending countries combined, according to SIPRI. China ranked second at $252bn, followed by India at $73bn, Russia at $62bn, and the United Kingdom at $59bn.
Russian military expenditure has grown significantly over the past three decades. In 2020, Moscow spent about $62bn (4 percent of its GDP) on its military. Russia’s arms industry consists of some 1,300 companies employing about two million people. The largest of these companies is Rostec, founded in 2007 by President Vladimir Putin. Russia has been...
- Al Jazeera Staff
The Russian Arms Sales and Sanctions Monthly Snapshot captures a selection of the most salient open source material on Russian arms sales and information related to Countering America's Adversaries Through Sanctions Act (CAATSA) Section 231 sanctions.
11. Juni 2021 · Weapons sales are a means Russia uses to further relations with other countries, influence their political and military leaders, and further its broader foreign and defense policy goals. A series of maps show the extent of its marketing, negotiating and sales of key weapons systems.
5. Dez. 2022 · Hanwha’s arms sales are expected to grow significantly in the coming years, after it signed a major arms deal with Poland in 2022, following the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Other notable developments . Six Russian companies are included in the Top 100 for 2021. Their arms sales totalled $17.8 billion—an increase of only 0.4 per ...
