“Russia delivered its S-300PS air defense missile systems to Kazakhstan free of charge with an aim to strenghten the unified regional air defense system” said Russian Defense Minister - Sergey Shoigu at a meeting with Imangali Tasmagambetov on Wednesday. This delivery has been discussed for years. Russia announced that the deal is complete at the end of the last year. Kazakhstan MoD said that they had received the S-300s and 170 rockets to be used with Russia as a weapon in the unified regional air defense system.

"Creation of such regional systems is the first phase. Phase two will envisage the unification of these systems and their adjustment to standard tasks. This will allow for creating an air defense system over the entire CSTO(The Collective Security Treaty Organization) space," said Nikolay Bordyuzha.

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