Ahead of Russian President Vladimir Putin’s visit to India in December 2021, Moscow has started deliveries of the S-400 air defence systems to India.
- In October 2018, India had signed a USD 5 billion deal with Russia to buy five units of the S-400 air defence missile systems.
- The delivery foS-400 risks the possibility of sanctions from the U.S. under the Countering America’s Adversaries Through Sanctions Act (CAATSA) which would come up for discussion at the India-U.S. 2+2 ministerial dialogue, also scheduled for early December 2021.
- Recently, two powerful US Senators had urged President Joe Biden not to impose provisions of the punitive Countering America’s Adversaries Through Sanctions Act (CAATSA) against India for buying the S-400 surface-to-air missile system from Russia.
What is CAATSA ?
- CAATSA is a tough US law which authorises the administration to impose sanctions on countries that purchase major defence hardware from Russia in response to Russia’s annexation of Crimea in 2014 and its alleged meddling in the 2016 US presidential elections.
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