MINSK -- The secretary-general of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO), Nikolai Bordyuzha, said in Minsk that Russia will soon supply Belarus with S-400 and Iskander missiles.
Bordyuzha made the statement at the Milex-2009 military exhibition that began in the Belarusian capital on May 19.
Meanwhile, Minsk-based military analyst Alyaksandr Alesin told RFE/RL's Belarus Service that Russia needs to resolve shortages within its own air-defense troops before it begins helping other countries.
Alesin said only two air-defense regiments in Russia are fully equipped with S-400 missiles and its supply of Iskander missiles is not enough to meet the Russian Army's needs.
Bordyuzha is a colonel general who worked for the KGB and was later the head of Boris Yeltsin's presidential administration.
The CSTO groups Russia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan, and Tajikistan.
Bordyuzha made the statement at the Milex-2009 military exhibition that began in the Belarusian capital on May 19.
Meanwhile, Minsk-based military analyst Alyaksandr Alesin told RFE/RL's Belarus Service that Russia needs to resolve shortages within its own air-defense troops before it begins helping other countries.
Alesin said only two air-defense regiments in Russia are fully equipped with S-400 missiles and its supply of Iskander missiles is not enough to meet the Russian Army's needs.
Bordyuzha is a colonel general who worked for the KGB and was later the head of Boris Yeltsin's presidential administration.
The CSTO groups Russia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan, and Tajikistan.