In China called the reason for the success of Russia in the world arms market

Despite the sanctions imposed in 2014 against Russia, the US and its allies, our country remains one of world leaders on volumes of export of armaments. The main buyers of Russian weapons Asian and African countries.

The Ministry of defence of the Russian Federation published open information about Russian military exports in 2019. According to the war Department, total exports accounted for 15.2 billion dollars, more than in 2018 (when military exports were estimated at $ 15 billion). In fact, Russia took the second place in the hierarchy of arms exporters, taking a fifth of the world's military market. About fifty countries choose Russian weapons to equip its armed forces and security agencies.
The most important article of military exports remain supply means conducting air combat and air defence. The means of air combat accounts for 54 percent of military exports, on missile defense – 30%. To production, which is in the greatest interest of foreign military departments are fighter planes su-35S, s-300 and s-400. There is no doubt that demand will be more new weapons like the s-500.
If we talk about the main buyers of Russian weapons, traditionally they represented the countries of Asia and Africa, military-technical cooperation which was started back in Soviet times. India, China, Vietnam, Syria, Iran, Algeria, Egypt, Sudan are the main consumers of Russian weapons. For example, in Iran and Syria supplied the s-300. From India, the Russian Federation has received an advance for the supply of 18 su-30MKI fighters, 20 MiG-29 450 T-90 tanks, 600 thousand guns and 4 frigates of project 11356.
Interestingly enough, in recent years Russia has managed to establish military-technical cooperation at a high level with countries that before were not as important buyers of Russian weapons. So was set the s-400 to Turkey that has caused sharply negative reaction of the United States.
An agreement was signed with Saudi Arabia and Qatar, and in Southeast Asia there is a new prospective buyer of Russian weapons – Philippines, the President of which is Rodrigo Duterte their rhetoric contributed to the deterioration of the country's relations with the United States. Russia already supplies Philippines, small arms, ammunition, military cargo vehicles.
In Africa, the interest in Russian arms, in addition to the above mentioned Algeria, Egypt and Sudan are also Mali, Burkina Faso, Uganda, Rwanda, Angola, Mozambique, Niger and several other States. In 2019 to Africa was to supply weapons for a total amount of 4 billion dollars, and the amount of the prospective contract is estimated at $ 14 billion. For example, the Niger has decided to buy 12 attack helicopters Mi-35. All in all, African countries account for about 40% of Russian arms exports.

The successes of the Russian military export is closely monitored in China, and it is far not idle interest. China itself is not only an important buyer of Russian weapons and technologies, but also one of the largest exporters of weapons, so he is interested in Russian experience in arms transfers.
Van vanitzian of news Agency "Xinhua" connects the success of Russia in the world arms market not only with objective characteristics like quality and relatively low compared with American and European weapons, and with the right positioning, with effective presentation of the achievements of the military industry.
The PR of Russian weapons, according to Chinese author, involved the most senior figures of the Russian ruling elite, including the Minister of defence of Russia Sergey Shoigu and the President Vladimir Putin. For example, Vladimir Putin at the XIV International aviation and space salon personally showed his Turkish counterpart Recep Erdogan in the cockpit of the su-57.
While the Western countries maintain sanctions against Russia, Moscow has been successfully operating in the Eastern and southern directions. Asian and African countries, seeking to strengthen its armed forces, were also interested in high quality and cheap Russian weapons. Given the unstable military-political situation in many regions of Asia and Africa, for their purchase of Russian weapons is a necessity.