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Russia keen to sell MiG-35 to IAF

Russia is keen on selling its new fighter jet MiG-35 to India with the MiG Corporation’s chief saying the country has evinced interest in the aircraft and talks were on to understand its requirements. Ilya Tarasenko, CEO, MiG Aircraft Corporation said that after having presented MiG-35 in January, the MiG Corporation began to actively promote the aircraft in India and in other parts of the world. “We are proposing supply of the aircraft for tenders in India and we actively work with its Air Force in order to win the tender,” he said while talking to reporters on the sidelines of the MAKS 2017 Air Show. He stressed that in comparison to its competitors, the prices offered by MiG were 20-25 per cent lower, making it an attractive option for customers of this aircraft.