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Russia told sanctions could cost it $13 billion in Iran business MOSCOW - Russia has been warned that it could lose a lucrative market in Iran. A leading Russian analyst said Moscow could lose up to $13 billion in military and other sales to Iran amid the United Nations sanctions. The analyst said the Security Council sanctions threaten current contracts, including the reported $1 billion deal for the S-300 air defense system to Teheran. "This amount includes deliveries under signed contracts and potential revenues from prospective projects," Igor Korotchenko, director of the Institute on International Arms Trade, said. Korotchenko, also editor of National Defense Magazine, said the sanctions, passed in June 2010, could torpedo Iran's plans to purchase a range of military platforms, weapons and other equipment from Russia. He said the Iranian military modernization program, estimated at $25 billion, was geared toward the procurement of Russian systems. "The Russian defense industry could have received at least half of this amount in 2010-2025," Korotchenko said. The analyst said Russia could be blocked from selling the S-300 and other air defense systems, which would amount to $2.2 billion. He said the cancellation of the S-300 contract called for complete compensation plus a 10 percent penalty. Korotchenko said Moscow would also lose $3.2 billion in naval sales, $3.7 billion in combat aircraft, $1.1 billion in combat helicopters and $2.5 billion in ground systems and platforms for Iran's military. He said Russia would also lose nearly $500 million in Iranian space projects as well as follow-on orders for existing military contracts. The analyst said Iran would turn to other suppliers to replace Russia. Korotchenko said a key alternative was China, which has already been supplying technology and components for Iran's ballistic missile and nuclear programs. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ -------------------------- Want to discuss this topic? Head on over to our discussion list, [email protected]. -------------------------- Brooks Isoldi, editor [email protected] http://www.intellnet.org Post message: [email protected] Subscribe: [email protected] Unsubscribe: [email protected] *** FAIR USE NOTICE. This message contains copyrighted material whose use has not been specifically authorized by the copyright owner. OSINT, as a part of The Intelligence Network, is making it available without profit to OSINT YahooGroups members who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included information in their efforts to advance the understanding of intelligence and law enforcement organizations, their activities, methods, techniques, human rights, civil liberties, social justice and other intelligence related issues, for non-profit research and educational purposes only. We believe that this constitutes a 'fair use' of the copyrighted material as provided for in section 107 of the U.S. Copyright Law. If you wish to use this copyrighted material for purposes of your own that go beyond 'fair use,' you must obtain permission from the copyright owner. For more information go to: http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.shtmlYahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/osint/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/osint/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: [email protected] [email protected] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [email protected] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
