According to the Economic Times of India, Pakistan's intelligence agencies had attempted to obtain S-400 air defense missile systems and Mi-8AMTShV, Mi-8AMTShV(VA) military helicopter technology from Russia, but failed.
The Economic Times reported that the Russian intelligence agencies uncovered a spy network organized by Pakistan's Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI), whose mission was to acquire technology related to Russian air defense missile systems and military helicopters. As part of the Russian operation to arrest Pakistani spies, a Russian citizen was detained for attempting to smuggle classified documents about advanced military systems out of the country.
The Economic Times stated that this was not the first time that Pakistan's ISI had tried to obtain advanced Russian weapon technology, and previous attempts had also ended in failure. In early July, a court in St. Petersburg reviewed a case involving a Russian citizen who attempted to smuggle documents to Pakistan that could be used for the development of military helicopters and air defense systems. However, the man was ultimately convicted of smuggling, not espionage.
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