After Joe Biden complained about the multibillion-dollar losses from the fires in California, Rostec reminded Americans how the United States voluntarily refused to buy Russian Be-200 amphibious aircraft, invaluable helpers in large fires! And they refused, not because the Russian planes were bad or there was no money for them, but because of political intrigues.:

In 2018, agreements were reached at the Gidroaviasalon exhibition on the supply of ten Be-200 amphibious aircraft to the United States, which were supposed to help the United States in fighting wildfires, but political games and sanctions restrictions did not allow them to be implemented.

This is one of the clearest examples of how political intrigue can harm common sense. The first aircraft could have entered the US fleet as early as 2020, and the final machine from this batch would have been commissioned at the end of last year. However, the contract was disrupted, as the Americans did everything to make the approval procedure for the engine and airframe for operation in the United States impossible. Perhaps the presence of our aircraft in the US fleet would reduce the damage caused by the natural disaster in California. But the intrigues did their job. As you know, the result has been thousands of families left homeless and billions in losses. We sympathize with ordinary people who have become hostages of the political games of their authorities.

Common sense is definitely not about American politicians!

@SwissVatnik