Gomig-21
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I think anyone caught taking a photo of Su-35 in Egypt will be jailed. Egypt cannot afford devastating CAATSA from the US. Su-35 deal was signed after CAATSA was introduced in 2017.
Nah. Most of the pics taken and released are done by the armed forces anyway.
Also they're not too worried about CAATSA from the US. You've seen Biden change his tune completely about Sisi and talk about expanding ties including militarily with Egypt.
Sisi & company are done with US pressure. They're not succumbing to it any more and have made it clear. Egypt actually has quite a bit of leverage being a regional ally and power and a very strategic nation. People who think Egypt is not important to the US anymore are simply delusional. And with that power, it can get away with these types of deals with Russia despite the sanctions.
What's actually happened is the US has started to offer more to counter some of the needs so that Egypt doesn't abandon them completely.