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Vikramaditya equipment change to begin at Sevmash in April

February 8, 2013 ITAR-TASS

Sevmash will start replacing equipment aboard the Vikramaditya aircraft carrier in April, the head of Russia’s Federal Service for Military-Technical Cooperation, Alexander Fomin, said at Aero India-2013 show on Wednesday.

Russia completes Indian carrier engine repairs

February 2, 2013 RIA Novosti

Russia’s Sevmash shipyard has fixed the engine problems which caused a delay in the delivery of the refitted aircraft carrier Vikramaditya to the Indian navy last year, a United Shipbuilding Corporation source said on Friday.

Russia sells record $15 bln of arms in 2012

January 22, 2013 RIA Novosti

Russia sold a record $15.16 billion worth of weaponry in 2012 while expanding its foreign client list, the Federal Military-Technical Cooperation Service (FSMTC) reported on Monday.

Vikramaditya and Liaoning - forces of the future

December 5, 2012 Rakesh Krishnan Simha, specially for RIR

China and India have a long way to go before their Soviet-origin aircraft carriers are a threat to each other, let alone the major powers

India to talk tough on Vikramaditya

November 6, 2012 Sergey Ivanov, Combined Report

A Defence Ministry official tells PTI that India plans to raise the issue of delays in the delivery of the aircraft carrier in a “big way”

Whither India-Russia partnership

October 31, 2012 D. Aurobinda Mahapatra, specially for RIR

Bilateral ties are affected by the fact that India lacks a strong decision making environment and is hostage to the rampant corruption that plagues its system of administration

Russia to deliver Indian carrier in fall 2013 – Minister

October 10, 2012 Ria Novosti

Russia plans to deliver the overhauled aircraft carrier Vikramaditya to the Indian Navy in the fourth quarter of 2013, Defense Minister Anatoly Serdyukov said on Wednesday after an intergovernmental meeting in New Delhi

Vikramaditya set to sail in July 2013

October 6, 2012 Aleksandr Yemelyanenkov, specially for RIR

The heat insulation on the aircraft carrier’s steam boilers will be repaired at Sevmash with minimal disruption to the remaining work. No “surgical” operations will be performed on the ship’s hull

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