The Russian military corporations are seeing strong demand for its Kalashnikov weapons despite U.S. sanctions against the Russian defense sector, Rostec chief executive, Sergei Chemezov, told Sputnik news .

In a statement, Chemezov said that before the sanctions, hit by Washington and the European Union (EU) on Russia, the Russian military corporations in 2016 had about US $46 million deals, while the total transactions today are about $300 million, which is a 6.5 growth.

"The annual revenues of the Russian Kalashnikov company amounted to more than $600 million, while the net profit for 2018 will be about US $ 45 million," he said.

Meanwhile, Chemezov added, Russia will supply to China a replacement for the S-400 air defense system missiles instead of those damaged during a storm in the English Channel a year ago.

"The contract had been signed a long time ago. The shipment would’ve been carried by now, but regrettably the ship that was carrying the missiles was hit by a storm. We were forced to eliminate all those missiles to make new ones instead," Chemezov said.