The Russian Federation Faces a Shortage of Passenger Aircraft

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Russian passenger planes, which the Kremlin presents as a symbol of technological independence, in practice turned out to be dependent on foreign components.

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Russia's civil aviation industry, which the Kremlin is trying to portray as an example of technological independence, is under threat due to its critical dependence on Western components and the impossibility of servicing them under sanctions, RBC-Ukraine reports, citing the Foreign Intelligence Service of Ukraine. The SSJ-100 aircraft that remain in service are equipped with French SaM146 engines, which Russian airlines cannot officially servic…