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The total volume of Russian arms supplies by results 2013 amounted to 15.7 billion dollars

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The total volume of Russian arms supplies by the end of 2013 amounted to 15.7 billion dollars, said Deputy Director of the Federal Service for Military - Technical Cooperation (FSMTC ) Vyacheslav Dzirkaln .
" This figure characterizes the work subjects of military - technical cooperation with foreign countries and will be reported to the President of the Russian Federation when summing up the military-technical cooperation in 2013 ," - he stressed.
" Russia takes the second place after the U.S. arms export " - added Dzirkaln .
According to the head of the Russian delegation at the " DEFEKSPO 2014 " to India by the end of 2013 account for 4.78 billion dollars , or one-third of the total Russian arms exports , and on the aircraft carrier " Vikramaditya " in 2013 occurred " very small means " .
In the total volume of orders for the Russian military products , which as of February 2014 reached about $ 40 billion , to India also accounts for about one-third .
Despite the negative trends that have emerged in recent years and the loss of large number of "serious" India tenders for the supply of combat aircraft , attack and transport helicopters and tanker planes , Russia is a " major player " in the Indian market weapons and military equipment .
"India has taken in recent years to diversify its sources of imported military products and awards a number of tenders determined not only on technical parameters , but rather for political reasons ," - said Dzirkaln .
As reported previously the head of " Rosoboronexport " Anatoly Isaikin , chief special exporter country in the past year has delivered arms and military equipment to a record $ 13.2 billion dollars. Thus, in a total volume delivered abroad in 2013, the Russian defense products the share of other MTC accounts for $ 2.5 billion
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