War with Ukraine - Bad advertising: selling Russian weapons abroad fell six times

They emphasize that 340 events took place within the forum, which was one and a half times more than in 2021, they were visited by 23% more viewers than a year earlier: 1. 4 million people. However, the propagandists were silent that the sale of Russian weapons was reduced by the seven. In 2021, the CEO of "Rozoboronexport" Alexander Mikheev stated that the results of the forum managed to conclude 20 contracts in excess of 2 billion euros.

The former US Ambassador, and now Wilson Center President Mark Green, in a comment, Newsweek noted that such results of the Russian Forum are quite natural. The war with Ukraine made poor advertising to Russian weapons, causing huge reputational damage to Russia's military-industrial complex.

At the forum, Russian President Vladimir Putin stated that Russian weapons are far superior to Western, but in fact everyone sees how she changed the situation on the fronts of supply to Ukraine only a few modern RSSLs from the United States and the United Kingdom. The Russian army managed to advance in some areas of the front, but only through the use of massive artillery fire, Green says.

"I do not believe that some third country, looking at Russian dumb bombs that blow the building, will look at it and say:" Oh, yes, this is what we want, "Mark Green added. which MIC is experiencing a shortage of accessories and now less carefully monitored the quality the products were rejected. Russia ranks second after the United States in the amount of weapons worth about $ 15 billion a year, which is almost a fifth of the world export market.

According to the Stockholm International Institute for World Research, from 2017 to 2021 73% These sales accounted for only four countries - India, China, Egypt and Algeria. However, according to the Institute, even before the February invasion, the two largest buyers - China and India - began to curtail cooperation with the Russian Federation. In recent decades Both countries have invested huge amounts in the development of their military industry, refusing to depend on foreign countries.