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India would not be buying S-400. The news was released to manage the public opinion. If Modi cancels the S-400 deal like SU-57 then the public backlash would be huge. So to manage the public opinion, it was announced that India is planning to procure S-400 but later the project would be dropped with a excuse that cost of US sanctions would be much higher than the benefits of procuring S-400.
Wrong , S-400 deal negotiations have concluded , the sticking point was price .
India and Russia complete negotiations for $5.92bn S-400 Triumf deal
https://www.airforce-technology.com...mplete-negotiations-5-92bn-s-400-triumf-deal/
As far as sanctions are concerned
Last week, the United States passed a defense policy bill, the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for the 2019 fiscal year that provided the Trump administration with a “special rule” allowing it to waive some sanctions on American allies for acquiring Russian-made arms. The NDAA would give the Trump administration a chance to terminate some sanctions against Moscow imposed under Countering America’s Adversaries Through Sanctions Act (CAATSA).
https://sputniknews.com/military/201805291064895091-us-s400-deal-india-russia/
India would not be buying S-400. The news was released to manage the public opinion. If Modi cancels the S-400 deal like SU-57 then the public backlash would be huge. So to manage the public opinion, it was announced that India is planning to procure S-400 but later the project would be dropped with a excuse that cost of US sanctions would be much higher than the benefits of procuring S-400.
You haven't followed the topsy turvy negotiations of Indo-US nuclear deal. How in 2006 US wanted India to give up nuclear weapons , sign CTBT , sign FMCT , join NPT as a non-nuclear state.
Fast forward 2018 India is the world's fastest growing nuclear arsenal . So much for " strategic sellout paradigm "