Moscow. November 26. INTERFAX - Turkey may abandon further purchases of Russian air defense systems s-400 due to the US pressure, says researcher, Center for middle Eastern studies, Institute of world economy and international relations Alexei Davydov.
"There may be a situation that (the US - if) will put Turkey such conditions that it can not refuse. And then it can see a more profitable opportunity to deepen cooperation with the United States, including on missile defense, " Davydov said at an online expert meeting held as part of a joint project of IMEMO and Interfax.
On October 25, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said that the country does not plan to abandon the Russian s-400 air defense systems under the threat of sanctions from the United States.
On October 24, Turkish defense Ministry spokeswoman Nadide Shebnem Aktop said that the S-400s purchased from Russia will be put on combat duty regardless of the possibility of integration with the NATO air defense system.
S-400-long-range anti-aircraft missile system (JSC "concern of East Kazakhstan region "Almaz-Antey"). Turkey bought four s-400 divisions from Russia. on October 23, 2019, Rosoboronexport reported that Russia fulfilled this contract ahead of schedule, delivering all elements of the S-400 systems to Turkey, including missiles.
Russia has delivered $2.5 billion worth of S-400 systems to Turkey, Rostec CEO Sergey Chemezov said in July.