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Unmanned airplanes. Russia: Uav producers more efficient thanks to sanctions

Moscow, Russia - Research on drones is part of a plan to get independent from foreign military import

Vladimir Kozhin, president Putin advisor on military-technical cooperation, stated last September that Russia launched an “Import substitution program” to face US and EU sanctions on the defence sector. Thanks to this program, he added, the country would overcome dependency on foreign components. Kozhin’s remarks echo today in the declarations given to “Ria Novosti” press agency by the Director...

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