Necessity the mother of Russo-French invention
The expansion of Russia’s defense exports in recent years has caused its manufacturers to buy more components and systems instrumentation from leading West

The expansion of Russia’s defense exports in recent years has caused its manufacturers to buy more components and systems instrumentation from leading Western companies, which has led to closer cooperation between Russian and Western firms.

“Today, the military-technical cooperation of the Rosoboronexport corporation [Russia’s defense export agency] with leading European companies amounts to $100 million per year, which includes both exports and imports,” Rosoboronexport general director Sergey Chemezov told AIN. French defense companies such as Thales and Safran have emerged as Russia’s main partners in defense exports, with a roughly 50:50 export-to-import ratio of components, manufacturing technologies and the optimization of weapons systems.