<p class="title">India will start receiving the S-400 Triumf air defence missile systems from Russia from October next year and the deliveries will be completed by April 2023, the government said on Wednesday.</p>.<p class="bodytext">India inked an agreement with Russia in October last year to procure a batch of the missile systems at a cost of Rs 40,000 crore.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"The deliveries will commence from October 2020 and will be completed by April 2023," Minister of State for Defence Subhash Bhamre said in Lok Sabha while replying to a question on the contract.</p>.<p class="bodytext">India went ahead to seal the deal with Russia notwithstanding the US' warnings against it.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"The system will provide a very capable air defence coverage to vulnerable areas/vulnerable points," Bhamre said.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The US had announced sanctions against Russia under the stringent law for its alleged meddling in the American presidential election in 2016</p>.<p class="bodytext">CAATSA, which came into effect in January, mandates the Donald Trump administration to punish entities engaging in a significant transaction with the defence or intelligence establishment of Russia. </p>
<p class="title">India will start receiving the S-400 Triumf air defence missile systems from Russia from October next year and the deliveries will be completed by April 2023, the government said on Wednesday.</p>.<p class="bodytext">India inked an agreement with Russia in October last year to procure a batch of the missile systems at a cost of Rs 40,000 crore.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"The deliveries will commence from October 2020 and will be completed by April 2023," Minister of State for Defence Subhash Bhamre said in Lok Sabha while replying to a question on the contract.</p>.<p class="bodytext">India went ahead to seal the deal with Russia notwithstanding the US' warnings against it.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"The system will provide a very capable air defence coverage to vulnerable areas/vulnerable points," Bhamre said.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The US had announced sanctions against Russia under the stringent law for its alleged meddling in the American presidential election in 2016</p>.<p class="bodytext">CAATSA, which came into effect in January, mandates the Donald Trump administration to punish entities engaging in a significant transaction with the defence or intelligence establishment of Russia. </p>