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| Russia Perplexed at Iran's Lawsuit Over S-300 |
| 2012-08-10 |
| The Russian daily Kommersant reported today that the Russian government has threatened Iran to withdraw its support of the country's nuclear program because of a $4-billion lawsuit filed by Iran against Rosoboronexport, Russia's state military export company, for suspending its contract to supply Iran with S-300 air defense systems. Kommersant quoted an unnamed senior official as saying that if Iran did not remove the lawsuit, it "will have to deal with the nuclear issue on the international stage alone." The paper also said that the Kremlin has considered Iran "ungrateful" for Russia's consistent support to Tehran's nuclear program. And who would know more about ingratitude than the Russians? Russia began to supply Iran with S-300 missile air defense complexes in 2007, but in 2010, Russian President Dmitry Medvedev signed a decree implementing a UN Security Council resolution, which banned the sale of advanced weapons systems to Iran. |
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