Has India got the Russian-made S-400 air defense system for free?

Russia-made S-400 air defense system to India for free

Has India really got Russia's S400 air defense system for free, because everyone knows that India had paid 5.43 billion dollars for it?

But if seen technically then this is true. Now you will also understand how this became true after reading this article completely. Because I have explained in detail in this article. which will make it easier for you to understand.

The whole world knows the friendship between India and Russia. And especially Pakistan will remember it well. Because when America stood with Pakistan, it was Russia that supported India.

And this is the reason why India imports all the weapons to strengthen itself. Out of that, 36% weapons are bought only from Russia.

However, France is at second place from which India imports about 33% of its arms. And at number three, which is not related to anyone, that is, America, India imports 13 percent of the weapons from it.

How did India get S400 for free?

India had signed an agreement in October 2019 to buy five S-400 from Russia for $5.43 billion. Out of which 3 have been delivered and the remaining 2 will be delivered by 2026. And recently another deal worth 950 million dollars was signed and under this deal India is buying frigates from Russia.

Now let me explain how India got this S400 and these frigates all for free. Actually, India's financial year 2023-2023 has ended on March 31, 2024. In these 12 months, India has saved approximately 7.9 billion dollars on crude oil imported from Russia.

And if the previous financial year 2022-23 is included, then India had saved $5.1 billion. Overall, India has saved 13 billion dollars in two years.

Now even if the price of S400 and frigates are combined then India is in profit. But this question must be coming in your mind that why is Russia giving such cheap oil to India. So the main reason behind this is American sanctions.

Actually, Russia's main income source is oil and gas. And the war between Russia and Ukraine is still not over. And meanwhile many sanctions have been imposed on Russia. Due to which many countries are hesitant in buying oil and gas from Russia.

And taking advantage of this, India has come at the top in purchasing oil from Russia. Now Russia cannot sell expensive oil, so India buys crude oil from Russia, refines it and sells it to other countries. Due to which India gets double benefit.

Also, all the deals are done in Indian Rupees due to which the Indian money comes back to India also. A few days ago you must have heard that Russia got angry with Pakistan because Pakistan was sending bad Basmati rice to Russia.

Now India can take advantage of this. And we can tell Russia to buy rice from us in Indian Rupees. Russia will also benefit from this. Now Russia will benefit in this because Russia has accumulated a lot of Indian Rupees.

If Russia buys rice from India in Indian rupees, then Russia will also use the nearby rupees and it will also get rice.