KUBINKA (Moscow region). Aug 15 (Interfax) - In response to the handover of Russian and Soviet-era military hardware to Ukraine, Russia is ceasing deliveries of spare parts to unfriendly countries and is revoking licenses from repair plants, head of Russia's Federal Service for Military-Technical Cooperation (FSMTC) Dmitry Shugayev told Interfax on the sidelines of the Army 2023 Forum.
"In particular, licenses to repair Russian- and Soviet-made military hardware are revoked. For instance, a number of facilities in Bulgaria and the Czech Republic have had their Mil-type helicopter repair licenses revoked," Shugayev said.
"We are also suspending deliveries of spare parts and components for aircraft and other Russian- and Soviet-made hardware owned by unfriendly countries," he said.
The FSMTC has been closely monitoring the transfers of Russian military hardware to third countries and has been taking measures that "impact not only military-technical cooperation with unscrupulous buyers but also the development of relations at the political level," he said.
"I'd like to remind that any delivery of military products abroad is possible only after the buyer presents an end-user certificate, based on which the importer undertakes not to hand over these products to third countries without the Russian side's official consent," Shugayev said.