Putin to Mitsotakis: "We prohibit you from transferring the S-300 and other Russian weapons to any third state"

Official representative of the Russian Foreign Ministry Maria Zakharova, referring to the rumors that have appeared that Greece is preparing to transfer Russian S-300 and Tor-M1stated (obviously) that this could not be done without Moscow’s permission.

Message from the President of the Russian Federation

Zakharova conveyed a message from Russian President V. Putin to the Mitsotakis government in connection with the speculation that has spread recently. “There have been no requests from Greece for the re-export of Russian weapons to Armenia.”– stated Maria Zakharova during her weekly briefing. She recalled the need to comply with bilateral intergovernmental agreements on military-technical cooperation (1995) and the supply of military products (2013).

This was a widely circulated sci-fi scenario, and it is necessary to explain why the S-300 will never leave Greece:

First turn because the Russians will not give permission for their return to Russia.

Secondly: because Greece is the first NATO country to acquire such anti-aircraft systems (the second was Türkiye).

Thirdly: she will never allow the sale of Armenia, because Russia no longer wants to disrupt its relations with Azerbaijan, especially since Armenia is led by Nikol Pashinyan, who believes that he can kick out the Russians and place Americans and French on Armenian military bases,

“End User Certificate” – this is a powerful certificate of legitimacy that Greece cannot surpass, unless, of course, it breaks off diplomatic relations with the Russian Federation and declares war.

Who's spreading these rumors

Mostly Israeli representatives in Greecewho are in a hurry to resolve the issue of selling the anti-aircraft systems that form the anti-aircraft “dome” for two billion euros. Of course, Greece has every right to take out the S-300s and lock them in a warehouse, After all, of the two batteries, only one works, but she certainly won’t get a single euro from selling them abroad. They can be sold illegally on the international market, as individual spare parts or missiles, but the consequences will be severe for Greece, and do not forget that from January 20 the US will not cover them.

It would be completely unwise for the Greek government to present Russia as our adversary in all international organizations and international forums. The same applies to Tor-M1however there is no need for permission for OSA-AKwhich were provided by East Germany after its unification with West Germany. But there are not many of these systems in service, and Russia subsequently put into service another 50 of the same systems.

Systems purchased from Russia also cannot be sold

The situation is exactly the same with the Cypriot medium-range anti-aircraft guns Buk-M1 and Tor-M1, which are also in service with Cyprus. They will never be allowed to be resold to another country, even if the Israelis and Americans know everything about them. Not only from the joint exercises that they conduct with Greece and Cyprus, but also from the fact that it was completely illegal for the Americans and Israelis to gain access to the insides of these systems, which everyone knows very well. The Russians are well aware of this, otherwise they would not be selling these weapons to a NATO country.

The same applies to the Turkish S-400, for which there is also a risk that the system’s secret data could be transferred to the United States and other states. The Russians know this, but they have certain guarantees that they think cover them.

Of course, Ukraine and Slovakia have the S-300, and the latter is even part of NATO, and there is no doubt that the Americans have full access to them. But they, of course, do not have access to the PMU1 model, which Greece has and is the most advanced. But it doesn't really matter since The Americans had already received the S-300 from Ukraine illegally for testing before the start of the war.

In any case, no approval will ever be given, and what is written is complete nonsense, and those who write it do not know international arms procurement procedures and international realities.

We must note this and emphasize that those who abandoned the S-300 PMU1 to the mercy of fate in Greece, as well as the military and political leadership of the country, committed an action that is tantamount to “betrayal”. Psince on the one hand these systems are paid for by the Greek people and are intended to ensure the security of the country, and on the other hand there are actions that would justify their withdrawal, for example, the free provision of two Patriot PAC-3 batteries, which have at least a few capabilities compared to the S-300 , that never happened.

In other words, as usual, our friends and beloved allies ask us for everything and give us nothing. After all, who would refuse the free provision of two Patriot batteries along with covering operating costs and the simultaneous withdrawal of two S-300 batteries.

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