Russia, India to sign $5-bn deal for S-400 air defence systems this week

Putin's top foreign policy aide Yury Ushakov said the Russian President would oversee the signing of the agreement

AFP | PTI  |  Moscow 

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File photo of PM Narendra Modi and Russian President Vladimir Putin | Photo: AP/PTI

Russian President will oversee the signing of a $5 billion deal this week to supply Delhi with S-400 air defence systems, a top Kremlin aide said on Tuesday ahead of Putin's trip to

"The president is leaving for on October 4," Putin's top foreign policy aide told reporters, adding that he would oversee the signing of the agreement. "The value of the contract will be more than $5 billion.

First Published: Tue, October 02 2018. 21:25 IST