Senior officials have indicated that the Russian government intends to accelerate its search for private investment in unprofitable military assets, particularly enterprises controlled by the Rostec defence group.
Sources close to Rostec said that the conglomerate, together with the Russian government, is considering foreign as well as domestic investors as potential partners to restore some of the distressed assets of the corporation.
India could be one source of investment, according to a spokesman for Col Gen Sergei Surovikin, commander of the Russian Aerospace Forces, given plans by Delhi to acquire new-generation fighter aircraft from Russia.
Rostec is Russia’s largest
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