Putin Offers to Sell Saudis S-400 Missiles to Bolster Defenses

  • Saudis should take ‘wise’ decision like Iran, Turkey: Putin
  • Russian leader points to ‘humanitarian catastrophe’ in Yemen
S-400 anti-aircraft systemPhotographer: Vasily Maximov/AFP via Getty Images
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President Vladimir Putin said Russia is willing to help defend Saudi Arabia by selling it the advanced S-400 anti-aircraft system after major oil facilities in the kingdom came under attack at the weekend, halting half of its crude production.

“For self-defense, for the defense of one’s country, we are ready to provide help to Saudi Arabia, the political leadership of Saudi Arabia,” Putin told a joint press conference with the leaders of Iran and Turkey on Monday in Ankara.