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Wednesday, April 22, 2009
Russia says upping price for India aircraft carrier
Russia will push India to pay far more that originally agreed for a refurbished Soviet-era aircraft carrier that is already a year overdue, the firm overhauling the ship said on Tuesday.
India, a key buyer of Russian arms such as tanks and fighter jets, in 2004 signed a $1.6 billion deal with Russia for the delivery of the modernised Admiral Gorshkov carrier by 2008.
The carrier may now cost between $2.5 and $4 billion depending on "tough" negotiations with New Delhi, Interfax news agency quoted Nikolai Kalistratov, the head of Sevmash Shipyard, as saying.
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So Russia relied on its Ukrainian region to build carriers.
ReplyDeleteIndia which has much carrier experience is relying on Russia, with little carrier experience, to "refurbish", basically rebuild, a carrier for India.
A problem.