Recent contracts are finalized: China is no longer interested in the latest weapons of the Russian Federation - FT

According to journalists, against the background of the war in Ukraine, India with its 34 percent share of Russian weapons exports also covers cooperation with the Russian Federation. New contracts are not envisaged. China, which is considered the second largest buyer of Russian weapons, loses interest in the modern developments of the Russian Security Service. Financial Times writes about it. The authors of the publication refer to sources close to the Russian Defense Ministry.

It is reported that the reason is that China has its achievements in terms of military technology. Beijing is interested in some Russian aviation systems that are in the last generation of fighters. Among other things, the PRC continues to buy the engines of Soviet models, since its own production does not meet the need yet.

According to the sources of journalists, the latest contracts are executed in the aviation sector: in a few years China will not be interested in Russian aviation developments. If you compare the current situation with the former years, now everything is the opposite. Now the Russian army is more interested in the latest Chinese technologies. According to the Stockholm International Institute for Peace Research (SIPRI), 21%were in China in the Russian export of weapons last year.

China was the second after India, the arms market from the Russian Federation. But India-with its 34 percent share of Russian armed exports-covers cooperation with the Kremlin, and new contracts are not envisaged. In total, during a full -scale invasion of Ukraine, exports of arms from the Russian Federation decreased by 53%.

According to the results of 2023, Russia was in the third place in the list of largest weapons exporters for the first time during the observation, passing France forward, Sprii reported. The function of the Russian Federation for China changes. During a possible war in Taiwan, China considers the Russian Federation as a supplier of energy and products, as the United States can arrange a maritime blockade, said a representative of the New American Security Center Andrea Kendall-Tailor.

In her opinion, in such a development of events of the Russian Federation will take the same position that Beijing occupies about Ukraine now. At the same time, according to journalists, the Russian Federation can transfer technologies to China for the early warning of ballistic missiles. So the PRC may gain an advantage in hypothetical conflict with the United States.