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2006

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16.10.06: “ARSENIEV” PLANT TESTS “BLACK SHARKS”
The flight tests of new Ka-50 utility combat attack helicopter are to be completed at the “Arseniev” plant. In August on the 70-year anniversary of the famous defense enterprise the successive “Black Shark” was took off by the “Progress” plant.

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16.10.06: INDIAN AF TO BUY 80 MI-17-1V HELIS
The Indian Air Force (IAF) indends to purchase 80 Mi-17-1V medium transport utility helicopters, the Indo-Asian News Service reports today.

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13.10.06: FORMAL STATEMENT OF THE HEADS OF RUSSIAN LEADING DESIGN BUREAUS
Text of statement.

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12.10.06: OPK OBORONPROM TO OPEN A REPRESENTATION IN INDIA
News Release of OPK Oboronprom.

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10.10.06: GREF: RUSSIA COULD CONTROL UP TO 10% OF THE WORLD HELICOPTER MARKET IN 10 YRS
Russia could control up to 10% of the world helicopter sales market in the next ten years, Economic Development and Trade Minister German Gref said. According to him Russia has a potential to increase export in a number of branches, including the helicopter industry.

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06.10.06: FLIGHT TESTS OF UPGRADED KA-28 STARTED
The flight tests of the upgraded Ka-28 helicopter with new avionics have started to be over in mid-2007, a source in the Russian defense industry told Interfax-AVN.

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29.09.06: ULAN-UDE HANDED OVER MI-171 SAR HELI TO KAZAKH EMERCOM
On September 12, 2006 at the international airport of Astana the Ulan-Ude aircraft plant handed over a brand new Mi-171 SAR helicopter to the EMERCOM of the Kazakh Republic.

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29.09.06: FEDERAL SERVICE FOR FINANCIAL MARKETS REGISTERED ADDITIONAL ISSUE AND PROSPECTUS OF ORDINARY SHARES OF “ROSTVERTOL”
The press centre of the Federal Service for Financial Market (FSFM) reports that on September 28, 2006, the FSFM of Russia registered the additional issue and the prospectus of uncertificated registered ordinary shares of the “Rostvertol” JSC (Rostov-on-Don) by private offering.

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28.09.06: MAINTENANCE CENTERS FOR RUSSIAN HELICOPTERS TO BE SET UP IN VENEZUELA
Centres for maintaining Russian helicopters and for training flight and ground personnel will be established in Venezuela, the Rosoboronexport’s regional department head, Sergei Ladygin said.

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28.09.06: RUSSIAN MI-17V5 HELICOPTERS TO BE DELIVERED TO CHILE
Rosoboronexport will deliver a batch of Mi-17V5 combat helicopters to Chile in the near future.

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25.09.06: MASS-PRODUCTION OF UTILITY KA-62, MILITARY KA-60 HELIS TO LAUNCH AT THE ULAN-UDE AIRCRAFT PLANT
The Ulan-Ude aircraft plant is preparing its manufacturing facilities for the production of new Ka-62 utility helicopter and its Ka-60 military version, the plant`s Director General Leonid Belykh told Interfax-AVN.

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22.09.06: SUPPORT OF INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTS EXPORTERS
There was issued a regular list of industrial products exporters whom are to be reimbursed for a part of interest charges under credits obtained in Russian credit organizations.

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20.09.06: MOSCOW AND CARACAS ARE NEGOTIATING DELIVERY OF RUSSIAN LARGE HELICOPTER BATCH
Venezuela is planning to purchase more Mil combat and transport helicopters from Russia, a military diplomatic source in Moscow told the Interfax-AVN on Wednesday. “In the near future Venezuela may buy more than 50 Mi-17V-5, Mi-35M and Mi-26T helicopters from Russia. Negotiations have already been launched,” he said.

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19.09.06: VENEZUELA TO PURCHASE 55 MORE HELICOPTERS FROM RUSSIA
The Venezuelan top authorities are considering a possibility of acquiring additional 55 Mi-17, Mi-35 and Mi-26 helicopters for the army, Defense Minister of Venezuela, General Raul Isaias Baduel said on Tuesday.

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19.09.06: CYPRUS ABILIS HOLDINGS LIQUDATED ITS SHARE OWNERSHIP IN THE ULAN-UDE AIRCRAFT PLANT
The Abilis Holdings Ltd. (Cyprus) liquidated its share ownership in the authorized share capital of the “Ulan-Ude Aircraft Plant” (UUAZ, the city of Ulan-Ude), the company reports.

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“OBORONPROM” TO INCREASE ITS SHAREHOLDING OF “ROSTVERTOL” TO CONTROLLING STAKE NO SOONER THAN 2007
OPK Oboronprom General Director D.Manturov`s interview to "Gorod N" newspaper (Rostov-on-Don).

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06.09.06: COOPERATION AGREEMENT BETWEEN OPK “OBORONPROM” AND “VNESHTORGBANK”
News Release of OPK Oboronprom.

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29.08.06: FACTORY TESTS OF “NIGHT HUNTER” ARE NEARLY COMPLETED
The factory flight tests of the fourth series “Night Hunter” are nearly completed. Three more helicopters are at different stages of the assembling process. They are intended for the Russian Army.

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27.08.06: RF MINISTRY OF DEFENSE TO BUY 12 “BLACK SHARK” HELICOPTERS BY 2015
Speaking about a state defense order for the Primorie Territory, the Minister replied that till 2015 it was scheduled to add 12 “Black Sharks” to those three helicopters the Ministry already has.

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26.08.06: RF GOVERNMENT TO IDENTIFY “OBORONPROM” SHAREHOLDER POSITION
Mr. M.Fradkov, Chairman of the RF Government signed an order on amending the “Industry” chapter in the list of public joint-stock companies with the RF shareholder position (concerning nomination of candidates for election to management bodies, auditing and counting boards, voting at general meetings of shareholders on issues of their formation etc) to be identified by the RF Government, the Chairman of the RF Government or on his instruction by the Deputy Chairman of the RF Government.

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18.08.06: ROSTVERTOL INCREASED ITS NET PROFIT IN Q1
The “Rostvertol” Rostov helicopter production complex (Rostov-on-Don) producing combat and civil Mi-helicopters increased its net profit by 71% to RUR 97.376 mln in Q1, 2006 as compared with the period of 2005, the PRIME-TASS reports.

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17.08.06: THE KAZAN HELICOPTER PLANT INCREASED ITS REVENUE IN Q1, 2006
The “Kazan Helicopter Plant” increased its revenue from RUR 3.15 bln in Q1, 2005 to RUR 4.07 bln for the same period of 2006, as the company quarterly report reads.

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11.08.06: FIVE ENTERPRISES OF THE ROSTOV DEFENSE INDUSTRY COMPLEX TO ENTER THE EW HOLDING IN 2006
Five enterprises of the Rostov defense industry complex, namely “Gradient” FSUE, Taganrog Research and Development Institute for Communications, Research and Development Institute for Special Information and Measuring Systems, “Pribor” and “Svyaz” state design bureau will enter the “United Industry Corporation “Oboronprom” JSC in the near future.

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10.08.06: MI-8 OPERATORS CONFERENCE IS UNDERWAY IN ULAN-UDE
Developers, producers and operators of Mi-8 (Mi-171) helicopters from 20 countries met at the Ulan-Ude aircraft plant on Thursday to discuss operation of these helicopters, the plant`s press service reported.

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10.08.06: RUSSIAN AIR FORCE TO RECEIVE FIVE “NIGHT HUNTERS” BY LATE 2006
Russia`s Air Force will receive seven new Mi-28N “Night Hunter” military helicopters by the end of 2006, Air Force Commander Vladimir Mikhailov said.

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08.08.06: SPANISH AUTHORITIES: “KAMOV” HELICOPTERS ARE THE BEST FIRE-FIGHTING MEANS IN GALICIA
The Russian “Kamov” helicopter involved in fire-fighting operations in the Spanish autonomous region of Galicia (north-west of Spain) proved itself the best fire-fighting means, as a speaker for the Ministry of Environment of Spain said.

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03.08.06: INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE OF MI-8/MI-171 HELICOPTER OPERATORS OPENED IN ULAN-UDE
On August 3-5 the “Ulan-Ude Aircraft Plant” (UUAP) is carrying out the 5th annual international Mi-8(171) operators conference.

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"STOCK OF ORDERS – HUNDREDS OF MILLION DOLLARS"
At the International Exhibition of Land Forces Defence Products, recently opened at the All-Russia Exhibition Center there are a lot of familiar faces and companies that are frequent visitors of other domestic and foreign Arms Shows of defense products. There have appeared some new trends in the sphere of Russian defense complex though externally unobservable. Nikolai Poroskov, military analyst of the “Vremya Novostei” discussed these trends with representatives of some popular companies and vertically-integrated structures of the military and technical cooperation system.

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31.07.06: SECOND STOCK CIRCULATION OF “ROSTVERTOL” BONDS
The “Rostvertol”’s bonds ser.01 were placed on May 30, 2006, the first coupon was rated at a tender as 9.30 % p.a. that corresponds to effective revenue for offer at the level of 9.52 % p.a.

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31.07.06: KAZAN HELICOPTER PLANT TO DELIVER HELIS TO VENEZUELA
The major part of the Russian-Venezuelan contract for supply of helicopters will be fulfilled by the Kazan helicopter plant.

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24.07.06: CHINA TO RECEIVE FIRST LOT OF HELIS FROM BURYATIA
The helicopters will be supplied under their own power to the city of Kailar in 6 lots of four helicopters each.

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21.07.06: ULAN-UDE AIRCRAFT PLANT TO DELIVER HELIS TO CROATIA
News Release of OPK Oboronrpom.

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20.07.06: “ROSOBORONEXPORT” PARTICIPATES IN INTEGRATED STRUCTURES TO MONITOR EXECUTION OF EXPORT CONTRACTS
The “Rosoboronexport” participates in vertically integrated structures being established in defense industry for the purpose to monitor proper execution of export contracts. To attain the goal the “Rosoboronexport”’s representatives should be members of Boards of the respective structures, this being said by the “Rosoboronexport” General Director Sergei Chemezov at the “Farnborough-2006”.

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20.07.06: FACTORY TESTS OF SECOND MI-28N HELI STARTED
The “Rostvertol” (Rostov-on-Don) started factory tests of the second serial Mi-28N “Night Hunter” attack helicopter intended for the Russian Air Force.

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18.07.06: “ROSOBORONEXPORT” SIGNED $700 MLN CONTRACTS FOR ROTORCRAFT SUPPLY
In 2006 the “Rosoboronexport” signed contracts for rotorcraft supply totally amounted to over $700 mln. These contracts will provide work for Russian helicopter-building industry for three to four years, as the “Rosoboronexport” General Director Sergei Chemezov said to an ARMS-TASS correspondent at the “Farnborough-2006”.

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17.07.06: MI-8 SIMULATOR TO BE SUPPLIED TO COMBAT TRAINING CENTER IN TORZHOK
The full-scale simulator for Mi-8 helicopter, displayed at the “Farnborough-2006”, will be supplied to the Combat Training Center in Torzhok as soon as the exhibition is closed, as General Director of “P.E.T. Kronshtadt”, Mr. Eugene Komrakov said to ARMS-TASS at the “Farnborough-2006”.

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17.07.06: “ROSTVERTOL HELICOPTER CHINA” JOINT VENTURE TO PROMOTE MI-26Ts IN CHINA
The “Rostvertol” Rostov helicopter-building complex and the “Lektern Aviation” Hong-Kong company are establishing a joint venture “Rostvertol Helicopter China” with the headquarters in Hong Kong, as a Russian delegation representative reported to Interfax-AVN at the Farnborough-2006 air salon opened in Great Britain.

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12.07.06: RUSSIAN DEFENCE MINISTRY TO BUY 67 MI-28N HELICOPTERS
The Russian Defense Ministry is to purchase 67 Mi-28N all-weather helicopters within the next nine years, said Russian Deputy Prime Minister and Defense Minister Sergey Ivanov.

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11.07.06: “AKTAI” NOW HAS THE ENGINE TO PERFORM ITS MAIDEN FLIGHT
Maiden flight of light one-engine 2-3-seat “Aktai” helicopter developed and produced by Kazan Helicopter Plant may be performed in the end of this year.

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10.07.06: NEW “ANSAT” HELICOTPERS WILL BE USED WHILE G8 SUMMIT IN ST.PETERSBURG – SERGEY IVANOV
At the meeting with the President Sergey Ivanov, Defense Minister and Deputy Prime Minister, said that several new “Ansat” helicopters that were produced at Kazan helicopter plant, would be employed while G8 summit in St.Petersburg.

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10.07.06: OPK “OBORONRPOM” TO MANAGE 20% OF NOVOSIBIRSK AIRCRAFT REPAIRING PLANT (NARP)
“Rusfintekh” company lost competition for golden share in Novosibirsk Aircraft Repair Plant (NARP). The company did not manage to acquire from the main shareholder (Russian Helicopter Company) lacking 14.5% of shares and sold its 19.6% to “Oboronprom” company. Novosibirsk assets will enable holding to close its production chain.

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05.07.06: RUSSIAN MINISTRY OF DEFENCE BUYS “ANSAT” TRAINING HELCOPTERS
According to Sergey Ivanov, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Defense, his ministry is to buy “Ansat” training helicopters produced by Kazan Helicopter Plant.

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05.07.06: NEW RUSSIAN MI-28N HELICOPTER PROVED ITS HIGH OPERATIONAL EFFECTIVENESS WHILE “UNION SHIELD-2006” EXERCISES IN BELARUS
New Russian combat Mi-28N helicopter also called as “Night Hunter” proved its full readiness for operation in real combat conditions during Russian-Belarusian “Union Shield-2006” exercises.

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03.07.06: GENERAL MEETING OF “KAMOV” SHAREHOLDERS ELECTED ITS BOARD OF DIRECTORS
News Release of OPK Oboronprom.

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03.07.06: RESULTS OF GENERAL MEETING OF “MIL MOSCOW HELICOPTER PLANT” SHAREHOLDERS
News Release of OPK Oboronprom.

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30.06.06: “KAZAN HELICOPTER PLANT” IS THE “BEST RUSSIAN EXPORTER-2005”

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30.06.06: OPK “OBORONPROM” NEW BOARD OF DIRECTORS WAS ELECTED
News Release of OPK Oboronprom.

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28.06.06: R&D CENTER ON RADIOELECTRONIC WARFARE TO BECOME UNITED MARKETING CENTER ON CIVILIAN PRODUCTION
News Release of OPK Oboronprom.

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28.06.06: OPK “OBORONPRON” GENERAL DIRECTOR TO BE IN BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF KAZAN HELICOPTER PLANT
Kazan Helicopter Plant shareholders at annual general meeting elected 11 members of board of directors.

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26.06.06: ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING OF “ULAN-UDE AVIATOPN PLANT” SHAREHOLDERS
News Release of OPK Oboronprom.

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23.06.06: ACCORDING TO PRESIDENTIAL DECREE “OBORONPROM” TO BE INCLUDED IN THE LIST OF STRATEGIC ENTERPRISES
Mr.Vladimir Putin has included the “United Industrial Corporation” Oboronprom” into the list of strategic enterprises.

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21.06.06: AIR FORCE TO INCLUDE MORE THAN 50 Mi-28Ns IN THE INVENTORY BEFORE 2010
Eight Mi-28N helicopters will be included into the Russian AF’s inventory this year, and by 2010 it is planned to buy more than 50 such aircraft, Russia’s air force commander-in-chief, Mr. Vladimir Mikhailov, has reported.

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15.06.06: RUSSIAN HEAVY MI-26T TO PERFORM FLIGHT TESTS IN FRANCE
Russia’s largest arms exporter and France’s General Delegation for Armaments have inked a contract on making test and demonstration flights of Russia’s heavy helicopter Mi-26T in France, a Russian delegation has told Itar-Tass at the ongoing Eurosatory-2006 exhibition.

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15.06.06: ENGINE PRODUCTION HOLDING TO BE ESTABLISHED BY THE END OF THE YEAR
By the end of year 2006 the military-industrial committee plans to establish a holding of aircraft engines producers. Yesterday Sergei Inanov, Defense Minister and the head of committee said that “this is quite real”.

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14.06.06: “KA-62” PRE-PRODUCTION ACTIVITIES WILL COST ULANT-UDE AIRCRAFT PLANT $150-200m
The Ulan-Ude aircraft plant needs $150-200m to carry out “Ka-62” pre-production activities. This information was given to “Vostok-Teleinform” information agency by Mr.Yuri Dobrovensky, deputy minister of defense, production infrastructure and technologies of the Buryatia Republic.

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13.06.06: FRANCE INTERSTS IN UPGRADING AND PRODUCING HEAVY TRANSPORT HELICOPTERS JOINTLY WITH RUSSIA
Mr. Alexander Rybas, deputy head of Federal Industrial Agency (Rosprom) and member of Russian delegation at “Eurosatory-2006” exhibition, has said that France shows great interest in cooperation with Russia in upgrading and building heavy transport helicopters.

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09.06.06: MI-28NE CAN BE OPTIONALLY FITTED OUT WITH FOREIGN EQUIPMENT – MR. ALEXEI SAMUSENKO
The Mi-28NE Night Hunter (export version of Mi-28N) is scheduled to be fitted out with foreign equipment at the request of Customers.

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06.06.06: MI-28N HELICOPTERS TO PARTICIPATE IN RUSSIAN-BELARUSIAN WAR GAMES
The Russian AF’s Mi-28N Night Hunter helicopters will arrive in Belarus to take part in the “Union Shield 2006” exercises to be held on 17-25 June, a source from the Belarusian Defense Ministry has said to the “Interfax”.

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05.06.06: “ROSTVERTOL” ESTABLISHED JOINT VENTURE TO PROMOTE MI-26T IN CHINA
The “Rostvertol” JSC established a joint venture with Chinese partners to promote its Mi-26T utility helicopters in the Chinese market, the company`s Director General, Boris Slyusar told Interfax-Military News Agency Monday.

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01.06.06: KAZAN HELICOPTER PLANT WILL SEND TO VENEZUELA ANOTHER THREE HELICOPTERS
Kazan Helicopter Plant is ready to continue procurements to Venezuela, once appropriate agreement is reached.

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01.06.06: RUSSIAN HELICOPTER MAINTENANCE CENTER BEING ESTABLISHED IN MEXICO
“Rosoboronexport” federal state unitary enterprise jointly with the Mexican Department of the Navy establish a Russian helicopter maintenance center at the Veracruz naval base..

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31.05.06: HELICOPTERS LANDED AT STOCK EXCHANGE
The bonds issued by “Rostvertol” helicopter producing company were placed.

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30.05.06: RUSSIAN ARMY NOW HAS MASS-PRODUCED “NIGHT HUNTER” HELICOPTER
As RIA News reports with reference to press-service of “Rostvertol”, once factory tests were successfully finished, Armed Forces of Russia received the first serial Mi-28N helicopter named “Night Hunter”.

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30.05.06: JOINT VENTURE WITH KAZAN HELICOPTER PLANT ESTABLISHED IN KAZAKHSTAN
Cooperation agreement between Kazan Helicopter Plant and “Kazakhstan Engineering” National Company was signed in Kazan after the meeting of Mintimer Shaimiev, President of Tatarstan, and Danial Akhmetov, Prime-Minister of Kazakhstan.

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29.05.06: BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF “ULAN-UDE AVIATION PLANT”: DIVIDENDS FOR 2005 SHOULD BE 10.71 KOPECS
Board of directors of “Ulan-Ude Aviation Plant” “advised that annual general meeting which is to be held on June 16, 2006 should declare dividends for the year 2005 at the rate of 10.75 kopecks on ordinary share with the par value of 1 ruble.

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29.05.06: “ROSTVERTOL” ASSESSED FOR CREDITWORTHINESS
ŔĘ&Ě rating agency concluded that “Rostvertol” credit rating conformed to mark A (with stable perspectives) on national scale.

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24.05.06: VOLUME OF THE FIRST ISSUE OF “ROSTVERTOL” THREE-YEAR BONDS AMOUNTS TO RUB 800 M
“Rostvertol” helicopter production complex (Rostov-on-Don) decided that the first issue of three-year bonds for the sum of RUR 800m would be performed on May 30.

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24.05.06: “OPK “OBORONPROM” NOW HAS THE RIGHT TO CARRY OUT FOREIGN ECONOMIC ACTIVITY WITH RESPECT TO MILITARY GOODS INDEPENDENTLY
News Release of OPK Oboronprom.

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22.05.06: “ROSTVERTOL” SHAREHOLDERS APPROVED INCREASE OF AUTHORIZED SHARE CAPITAL BY 35%
Shareholders of “Rostvertol” helicopter production complex at extraordinary general meeting on May 12 decided to carry out additional issue of shares in the amount of 295 812 000 rubles.

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22.05.06: “OBORONPROM” CHIEF ACCOUNTANT BECAME ONE OF THE BEST SPECIALISTS
News Release of OPK Oboronprom.

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17.05.06: RUSSIAN MIL, TRANZAS AND FRENCH THALES TO JOINTLY DEVELOP AVIONICS FOR MI-38 HELI
The Moscow-based Mil helicopter plant, St. Petersburg-based Tranzas and France`s Thales signed an agreement on joint development of avionics for the Mi-38 helicopter during the ILA-2006 aerospace show in Berlin.

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17.05.06: Q1: ROSTVERTOL GOT PROFIT OF RUB 97 M NET
As the company’s report says, “Rostvertol” helicopter production complex in January-March 2006 made net profit in the amount of 96 879 m rubles against 3 526 m rubles of net loss over the same period in the last year.

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12.05.06: ENTERPRISES OF “OBORONPROM” HELICOPTER HOLDING TO DEMONSTRATE “KA” AND “MI” HELICOPTERS AT ILA-2006 EXHIBITION
News Release of OPK Oboronprom.

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10.05.06: FUTURE OF RUSSIAN HELICOPTER INDUSTRY WAS DECIDED IN ST. PETERSBURG
Meeting of company’s management, “OPK” Oboronprom” General Director and representatives of main Russian helicopter companies - “Mil Moscow Helicopter Plant” and “Kamov” took place at “Klimov” plant (St. Petersburg) on May 4-5, 2006. In the focus were the perspectives of development and production of engines and gearboxes for both: operating models of helicopters and the ones that are being developed.

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05.05.06: FEDERAL ANTIMONOPOLY SERVICE APPROVED APPLICATION OF “OBORONPROM” ON ACQUSITION OF 100% “KAMOV-HOLDING” SHARES
The transaction between “Oboronprom” united industrial corporation and “Sistema” joint-stock financial corporation on acquisition by the former of 100% “Kamov-Holding” shares previously owned by “Sistema” is closed.

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02.05.06: TENDER FOR COMBAT HELICOPTERS PURCHASE TO BE FINISHED WITHIN A YEAR – TURKISH DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE INDUSTRY
According to Mr. Murad Bayar, head of Department of defense industry, largest Turkish tender for purchase of new generation attack helicopters will be finished in 2006.

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02.05.06: “ROSTVERTOL” MAY INCREASE 2005 DIVIDENDS BY 67%
“Rostvertol” board of directors has advised the annual general meeting, which is to be held on June 3, 2006, to declare dividends for the year 2005 at a rate of RUB 0.05 on ordinary share with the par value of RUB1.

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02.05.06: RUSSIAN NAVY GETS NEW “ANSAT” HELICOPTER
The Kazan Helicopter Plant handed over a new Ansat light helicopter to the Russian Navy on Tuesday.

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28.04.06: WHILE HIS VISIT TO CHINA SERGEI IVANOV DISCUSSED MAJOR CONTRACTS
According to “Commersant” newspaper, the issue is about selling to Chinese navy 40 assault Ka-29 helicopters, more than 20 radar-surveillance Ka-31 helicopters and 15 anti-submarine amphibious Be-200 aircraft equipped with “Sea Serpent” modular sighting-search system. “Rosoboronexport” is expected to sign appropriate contracts in autumn this year.

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26.04.06: MODERNIZATION WILL INCRESE SERVICE LIFE OF “PECHORA” AIR DEFENSE SYSTEM BY 10 YEARS
Upgrade of “Pechora” air defense system to “Pechora-2M” will increase its service life by 10 years, said Colonel-General Nikolay Dimidyuk, director of special commissions, head of “Rosoboronexport” delegation at the 10th Exhibition and conference “Defense Services Asia” (DSA 2006).

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25.04.06: “ROSTVERTOL” PUT QUESTION OF ADDITIOANL ISSUE OF COMPANY’S SHARES TO THE SPECIAL GENERAL MEETING OF ITS SHAREHOLDERS
“Rostvertol” put the question of additional issue of company’s shares to the special general meeting of its shareholders that is to be held on the 12th of May. As a result of this issue, the blocking stake will be held by “Oboronprom” company which is occupied with establishing state-owned helicopter holding.

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20.04.06: 2005: PROFIT OF ULAN-UDE AVIATION PLANT ICREASED BY 50%
Profit of the Ulan-Ude Aviation Plant in the year 2005 increased by 50% in comparison with the year 2004 and amounts to 143 m rubles, spokesman of united industrial corporation “Oboronprom” that is the holding company of the plant said to “Interfax-AVN” correspondent.

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19.04.06: ARMY AVIATION REPLENISHMENT
This year Air Force of the Russian Federation will get five new Mi-14 PNs, Major-General Victor Ivanov, head of Army Aviation Directorate, has said in 344th Army Air Warfare Center in Torjok, Tver region.

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19.04.06: INDIAN MILITARY MEN HAVE NO CLAIMS TO THE QUALITY OF RUSSIAN Ka-31 HELIS
News Release of OPK Oboronprom.

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18.04.06: KAZAN HELICOPTER PLANT ESTABLISHED JOINT VENTURE IN KAZAKHSTAN TO ASSEMBLE LIGHT HELIS
After the meeting with Mr. Rustam Minnikhanov, Premier-Minister of Kazakhstan, Kambar Shalgimbaev, President of “Kazakhstan Development Bank”, has informed journalists that in Kazakhstan there was established a joint venture with “Kazan Helicopter Plant” to assemble light helicopters developed by the plant.

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17.04.06: FOLLOWING THE RESILTS OF THE YEAR 2005 VOLUME OF “OBORONPROMLEASING” CONTRACTS AMOUNTED TO $60M
News Release of OPK Oboronprom.

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11.04.06: Mi-17 HELICOPTERS TO BE DELIVERED TO MEXICO UNDER RUSSIAN-MEXICAN AGREEMENT
Russian helicopter manufacturers have begun to implement a Rosoboronexport contract to repair five Mi-17 helicopters and ship them to Mexico.

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11.04.06: “ROSTVERTOL” ISSUED ADDITIONAL SHARES IN FAVOR OF “OBORONPROM”
The Board of “Rostvertol” made a decision to increase its authorized share capital and issue additional shares of the company. As became known to “Kommersant” the additional shares will be issued in favor of the state industrial and investment group “OPK”Obronprom”, the management of which announced its intention to buy the blocking stake even last year, and then the majority share holding of the only private aircraft-building company in Russia.

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06.04.06: AIR FORCE SUGGESTS SPEEDING UP JOINT STATE TESTS OF Mi-28N
The Russian Air Force has suggested speeding up joint state tests of the new Mi-28N combat helicopter, a source in the defense industry told Interfax-Military News Agency on Thursday.

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04.04.06: THREE RUSSIAN HELICOPTERS WERE HANDED OVER TO VENEZUELAN AF
The National Armed Forces of Venezuela received first three Mi-17V-5 purchased from Russia under the contract signed in 2005.

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03.04.06: ROSTVERTOL TO DELIVER Mi-26T FOR VENEZUELAN AF IN MAY THIS YEAR
“Rostvertol” will deliver Mi-26T for Venezuelan AF in May this year, as became known to an ITAR-TASS correspondent at the exposition of the plant at FIDAE-2006.

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03.04.06: Mi-26T TO FIRST PERFORM COMMERCIAL FLIGHTS FOR CANADA
On the 27th of March a Mi-26T handed over to the UTair air operator by the Rostvertol under a contract concluded last February has taken off from the Rostvertol airfield bound for Canada.

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31.03.06: “OBORONITELNYE SISTEMY” COUNTS ON BOOSTING EXPORTS OF PECHORA-2M AIR DEFENSE SYSTEM
The interstate financial and industrial group (IFIG) “Oboronitelnye Sistemy” (Defense Systems) counts on boosting exports of upgraded “Pechora-2M” air defense system (ADS), as Deputy General Director, Mr. Vladimir Tsezarov has told a ARMS-TASS correspondent at FIDAE-2006.

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30.03.06: ROSOBORONEXPORT PLANS Mi-17V5 DEMO FLIGHTS IN CHILE
In the near future the “Rosoboronexport” plans demo flights of the Mi-17V5 equipped with VK-2500 engines for force structures and defense ministries, as became known to an ŔRMS-ŇŔSS correspondent at the FIDAE 2006 aircraft show.

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30.03.06: ECUADOR LOOKING TO ACQUIRE MI-171Sh HELICOPTERS
Ecuador intends to acquire Mi-171Sh helicopters. In this connection Rosoboronexport is preparing this country`s application for supply of 18 Mi-171Sh helicopters built by Ulan-Ude aircraft plant, as became known to an ŔRMS-ŇŔSS correspondent at the FIDAE 2006 aircraft show.

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30.03.06: KAZAN HELICOPTER PLANT SOLD 17.6% OF “ZARECHIE” JOINT-STOCK COMMERCIAL BANK
JSC “Kazan Helicopter Plant” has decreased its equity share in the authorized share capital of “Zarechie” joint-stock commercial bank (the city of Kazan) from 42.99% to 25.39%.

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29.03.06: MIL MOSCOW HELICOPTER PLANT PAYS SPECIAL ATTENTION TO HELICOPTER AIRWORTHINESS SUPPORT AT THE LATIN AMERICAN MARKET
The “Mil Moscow Helicopter Plant” puts much emphasis on airworthiness support of helicopters being operated in Latin America. The Mi-8/Mi-17 civil helicopters, Mi-8/Mi-17 military and transport helicopters and Mi-24/Mi-35 transport and combat helicopters are operated in Mexico, Peru, Ecuador, Venezuela and other countries. Total number of operated helicopter is more than 300, the Marketing Director of the Mil plant, Mr. Mikhail Dubrovin has said to ARMS-TASS at FIDAE 2006 air show.

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29.03.06: JORDAN TO ASSEMBLE 15-20 Ka-226s ANNUALLY
A Russian-Jordanian joint venture called Oboronprom Middle East, whose establishment was announced at the SOFEX 2006 arms show currently underway in Amman, plans to assemble 15 to 20 Ka-226 helicopters a year.

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28.03.06: OPK “OBORONPROM” JSC AND ORANGEVILLE CONSULTANTS INC. SET UP A RUSSIAN-JORDANIAN JOINT VENTURE FOR KA-226 PRODUCTION IN JORDAN
News Release of OPK Oboronprom.

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24.03.06: "ROSTVERTOL" TO ISSUE BONDS OF RUB 800 MLN IN VALUE
The Board of Directors of the Rostov helicopter production complex “Rostvertol” JSC has made a decision to issue 1st rate bonds of RUB 800 mln in total value, the company reports.

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24.03.06: KAZAKHSTAN TO ASSEMBLE HELICOPTERS JOINTLY WITH THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION
Kazakhstan plans to establish a joint venture with Russia for assembling helicopters and to produce first rotorcraft by the end of 2006, the Chairman of Committee for Industrial and R&D Development of the Ministry of Industry and Trade of the Republic, Mr. Meiram Kazhyken has said at the press conference in Astana.

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23.03.06: ASSET STRUCTURE OPTIMIZATION OF MIL PLANT TO DEVELOP ITS CAPABILITIES
The “Mil Moscow Helicopter Plant” is currently optimizing the structures of its main assets and gets rid of the excessive territory, the plant spokesman has told “Interfax-AVN”.

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23.03.06: OPK “OBORONPROM” AND JORDANIAN COMPANY TO SIGN AGREEMENT ON RUSSIAN-JORDANIAN JOINT VENTURE AT SOFEX 2006
News Release of OPK "Oboronprom".

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22.03.06: MIL PLANT TO BECOME EFFICIENT BUSINESS UNIT OF HELICOPTER HOLDING AFTER REFORM
The “Mil Moscow Helicopter Plant” has developed and is implementing the program of the plant`s integration into a helicopter-building holding company being set up by the “Oboronprom” united industrial corporation, a plant spokesman has said to “Interfax-AVN”.

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22.03.06: KAMOV-HOLDING COMPANY TO FIRST SHOW Ka-32A11BC AT FIDAE 2006 IN CHILE
The Kamov-Holding will show the Ka-32A11BC multipurpose helicopter for the first time at FIDAE-2006 to be opened in Chile on March 27.

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22.03.06: ROSTVERTOL-AVIA’S Mi-26Ň COMPLETED ITS WORK IN PAKISTAN
The Mi-26T helicopter, which is the property of “Airlines “Rostvertol-Avia” Ltd. has returned to Rostov-on-Don from Pakistan, the “Interfax” reporter being present at the meeting ceremony of the helicopter has said.

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09.03.06: RF MINISTRY OF DEFENSE TO CONCLUDE THREE-YEAR CONTRACT FOR DELIVERY OF Mi-28Ns
The Russian Ministry of Defense is going to conclude a three-year contract with “Rostvertol” helicopter plant for delivery of Mi-28N combat helicopters to the RF Air Force.

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07.03.06: Mi-28N PASSES FIRST STAGE OF STATE TESTS
The Mi-28N combat helicopter has passed the first stage of state tests and received a preliminary conclusion of a Russian Air Force commission, which enables the Rostvertol helicopter plant to launch mass production of the aircraft.

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02.03.06: Mi-28N ABOUT TO COMPLETE FIRST STAGE OF STATE TESTS - AIR FORCE COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF
The Mi-28N Night Hunter helicopter, which has been chosen as the Russian Army`s main combat helicopter, is about to complete the first stage of joint state tests, Army General Vladimir Mikhailov, Air Force Commander-In-Chief, has said.

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27.02.06: ROSTVERTOL TO DELIVER 12 MI-2s TO INDONESIA
This rotorcraft is one of the most popular helicopters and widely spread over the world.

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26.02.06: MI-26 EXPORTS GEOGRAPHY EXPANSION
The Rostvertol helicopter plant is going to expand the exports of the Mi-26T transport helicopter, reputed to be the world`s largest, to Southeast Asia and other regions.

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26.02.06: MINISTRY OF DEFENCE OF VIETNAM DEMONSTRATED MI-171 HELICOPTERS
The Mi-171 four-helicopter batch of the Ulan-Ude Aviation Plant was delivered to Vietnam in the end of 2005. The helicopters were placed on the inventory of the Air Defense Forces.

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22.02.06: ROSTVERTOL TO SUPPLY MI-26T2 TO VENEZUELA AND NEGOTIATES NEW CONTRACTS
"We are assembling the aircraft now, and have launched its tests this week. Under the contact signed earlier, we are going to ship the helicopter to the customer this May," Rostvertol Director Boris Slyusar told Interfax-Military News Agency during the Asian Aerospace 2006 in Singapore.

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22.02.06: VENEZUELA RECEIVES FIRST SHIPMENT OF RUSSIAN MILITARY HELICOPTERS
The first three of 10 military helicopters purchased from Russia were delivered to one of Venezuelan military base in the center part of the country. The helicopters were delivered under the contract concluded between Venezuela and Rosoboronexport last March.

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21.02.06: ROSTVERTOL LICENSED VENEZUELAN PILOTS, TRAINED TO FLY MI-35M
The Venezuelan Air Force flight and ground personnel have undergone a four months` training course at the 344th Flight Personnel Combat and Conversion Training Center in Torzhok, the press-service says.

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20.02.06: ULAN-UDE HELICOPTER PLANT DELIVERS ITS MI-171 TO CHINA’S FUAVA AVIATION
"China`s Fuava Aviation received the helicopter in passenger configuration and other aviation assets to it as stipulated in the earlier-signed contract," a spokesman for the “OPK”Oboronprom” told Interfax-Military News Agency Monday.

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16.02.06: KAZAN HELICOPTER PLANT TO DELIVER TWO MI-172s TO CYPRUS
As agreed two Mi-172 fire-fighting helicopters will be delivered to Cyprus next mid-year.

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14.02.06: RF EMERCOM TO HAND OVER MI-8 TO KYRGYZSTAN SAR SERVICE
The RF EMERCOM is handing over a Mi-8 helicopter to the Kyrgyzstan Search-and-Rescue Service, “Interfax” reports with reference to the Kyrgyzstan EMERCOM press-service.

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14.02.06: INVESTMENT AND VENTURE FUND TO FINANCE AKTAI HELICOPTER
The funds were allocated against the security of the Moscow Bank for a period of 3 years.

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07.02.06: TATARSTAN AND OPK OBORONPROM SIGNED COOPERATION AGREEMENT ON HELICOPTERS
Press Release of OPK Oboronprom.

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31.01.06: EXTRAORDINARY GENERAL MEETING OF OPK OBORONPROM SHAREHOLDERS
Press Release of OPK Oboronprom.

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26.01.06: ULAN-UDE AVIATION PLANT TO DELIVER 24 MI-171S TO CHINA
The Ulan-Ude Aviation Plant started fulfilling the contract on delivering 24 Mi-171 helicopters to China, with the total cost of the contract amounting to about $200 million, a source in the Russian Defense Industry told Interfax-Military News Agency.

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25.01.06: TO COMPETE WITH FOREIGN PRODUCERS RUSSIAN HELICOPTER MANUFACTURERS ARE TO UNITE
As Anton Danilov-Danilyan, head of economic working group under the Russian presidential administration, believes, incorporation of Russian helicopter producers into one holding is the only reasonable reaction to the pressure of foreign competitors.

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25.01.06: OBORONPROM CORPORATION MAY ENTER CAPITAL MARKETS
The “Oboronprom” Unified Industrial Corporation might operate in capital markets under certain conditions in the future, said Anton Danilov-Danilyan, head of the economic working group under the Russian presidential administration.

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24.01.06: PRELIMINARY CONCLUSION TO BE DRAWN UP FOR MI-28N HELICOPTER IN MARCH
The next stage of the official tests of the new Mi-28N combat helicopter will be completed in March.

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24.01.06: “ROSTVERTOL” FINISHED DELIVERING 10 MI-35 HELICOPTERS TO CZECH REPUBLIC
The Rostov helicopter manufacturer JSC “Rostvertol” finished deliveries of ten Mi-35 helicopters, company’s representative informs.

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11.01.06: FEDERAL FINANCIAL MARKETS SERVICE REGISTERED “OBORONPROM” ADDITIONAL ISSUE REPORT
On January 11 the Federal Financial Markets Service registered report of JSC “United Industrial Corporation “Oboronprom” on additional issue of 2.86 billion rubles.


2005

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29.12.05: 50 “NIGHT HUNTER” HELICOPTERS TO ENTER THE RF AIR FORCES INVENTORY BY 2010
As the RF Air Forces press service said, this information was provided by the Air Forces Commander-in-Chief , Vladimir Mikhailov at the “Rostvertol” air field, Rostov-on-Don. The Air Forces officials could see the first Mi-28N “Night Hunter” helicopter of series production, built under the Defense Ministry order.

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28.12.05: MI-171 KAZAKHSTAN BORDER GUARD
The new Mi-171 utility assault helicopter, produced by the Ulan-Ude Helicopter Plant, has entered the inventory of the Border Guard Service of Kazakhstan National Security Committee.

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27.12.05: MI-28N HELICOPTER MAKES INAUGURAL FLIGHT
The Air Forces Commander-in-Chief, Vladimir Mikhailov said at the ceremony that “the “Rostvertol” has achieved victory”.

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27.12.05: “ROSTVERTOL” TO INCREASE ITS OUTPUT IN 2006
“The Rostvertol helicopter holding company will increase output under the state defense order 2.5 times”, the company`s General Director, Boris Slyusar told Interfax.According to him, the state defenńĺ order will amount to about $200 million in 2005.

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23.12.05: KUMERTAU AVIATION ENTERPRISE TO ENTER HELICOPTER HOLDING
The FSUE Kumertau Aviation Production Enterprise located in the Republic of Bashkortostan can enter the “OPK”Oboronprom” production holding in the near future, the IRA “Vostok-Teleinform” quotes the "OPK"Oboronprom” General Director, Denis Manturov.

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21.12.05: VENEZUELAN MILITARY DELEGATION SIGNED MI-17V-5 ACCEPTANCE CERTIFICATE
The Venezuelan military delegation, headed by the Commander-in-Chief of the Army Aviation Brigadier-General Victor Sanches Croez, signed the Acceptance Certificate for three Mi-17V-5 helicopters at the Kazan Helicopter Plant, the plant representative told RIA "Novosti".

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20.12.05: KAZAN HELICOPTER PLANT DECREASED ITS SHARE
The Kazan Helicopter Plant (the Republic of Tatarstan, the city of Kazan) decreased its share in the authorized share capital of the Kazan Helicopter Plant R&D company to 26.6%.

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20.12.05: SOUTH KOREAN FORESTRY ACQUIRED TWO MORE “ANSAT” HELICOPTERS
The Kazan Helicopter Plant delivered two “Ansat” helicopters to the South Korean Forestry Department under the Contract concluded earlier.

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20.12.05: OPK ”OBORONPROM” BOARD REGULAR MEETING
Press Release of OPK Oboronprom.

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19.12.05: KAZAN HELICOPTER PLANT TRANSFERS THREE MI-17V-5 TO VENEZUELA
JSC “Kazan Helicopter Plant” will transfer three Mi-17V-5 helicopters to Venezuela, federal state unitary enterprise “Rosoboronexport” spokesman says.

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15.12.05: DEVELOPERS OF "PECHORA-2M" AIR DEFENCE SYSTEM WERE AWARDED "GOLDEN IDEA - 2004" PRIZE
Federal Agency for Military Technical Cooperation (FAMTC) wound up the year and announced the winners of the Annual National Prize “Golden Idea-2004”.

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15.12.05: HELICOPTERS MANUFACTURED BY ULAN-UDE AVIATION PLANT ARE NEGOTIATED TO BE DELIVERED TO THE COUNTRIES OF SOUTH-EAST ASIA AND ASIA-PACIFIC REGION
Ulan-Ude Aviation Plant is negotiating delivery of the Mi-171 helicopter family to Vietnam, Thailand and China.

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15.12.05: BURYATIA REPUBLIC GOVERNMENT AND OPK “OBORONPROM” SIGNED AGREEMENT ON COOPERATION IN HELICOPTER INDUSTRY
Press Release of OPK "Oboronprom".

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15.12.05: SERIES PRODUCTION OF KA-62 MULTY-PURPOSE HELICOPTER TO BE LAUNCHED AT ULAN-UDE ANIATION PLANT
“We have certain plans of organizing series production of Ka-62 helicopter in Ulan-Ude. We have already discussed them and have come to an agreement with chairman of the Buryatia Republic government Leonid Potapov”, - said “OPK “Oboronprom” general director Denis Manturov during the ceremony of signing of Agreement on cooperation in helicopter industry between united industrial corporation “Oboronprom” and Buryatia government.

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12.12.05: DELIVERY OF MI-171SH HELICOPTERS TO MALAYSIA TO BE RESUMED IN 2006
Delivery of ten Mi-171Sh transport combat helicopters, that was temporarily delayed, can be resumed in 2006 as Leonid Belykh, General Director of Ulan-Ude Aviation Plant, said to Interfax-AVN at “LIMA-2005” exhibition.

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09.12.05: «ROSTVERTOL» JSC DELIVERED MI-35 HELICOPTERS TO BURKINA FASO
The Mi-35 helicopters are supplied under the contract that was concluded by “Rosoboronexport” FSUE in summer this year.

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08.12.05: KAZAN HELICOPTER PLANT COMPLETES EXECUTION OF CONTRACT FOR SUPPLY OF SIX “ANSAT” HELICOPTERS TO THE REPUBLIC OF KOREA
Five helicopters of this type have already been delivered and the sixth air vehicle will be handed over to the customer in 2006.

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08.12.05: ULAN-UDE AVIATION PLANT PROPOSES TO FURNISH Mi-171Sh HELICOPTER DESIGNATED FOR MINISTRY OF DEFENSE OF MALAYSIA WITH RUSSIAN-ORIGIN AIRBORNE EQUIPMENT
In particular, the helicopters can be furnished with the airborne equipment developed by the Ramenskoye instrument design bureau. This information was passed to the ARMS-TASS news writer at the LIMA-2005 exhibition by Leonid Belykh, general director of the Ulan-Ude aviation plant.

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07.12.05: ULAN-UDE AVIATION PLANT PLANS TO INCREASE HELICOPTER TRADE EXPANSION
The joint meeting of the board of directors of the Ulan-Ude aviation plant JSC was held on 22 November 2005.

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06.12.05: ESTABLISHMENT OF ECM HOLDING SHOULD BE ACCELERATED – THE OPINION OF RUSSIAN DEFENSE INDUSTRY CORPORATION REPRESENTATIVES
“The participants of the meeting held in the “Defence systems” company addressed the Federal Industry Agency with a request to accelerate the establishment of ECM developers and manufacturers holding”, - as quoted in the company press-release received by “Interfax-AVN”.

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06.12.05: DENIS MANTUROV, OPK”OBORONPROM” JSC GENERAL DIRECTOR IS HONORED WITH PRIZE “MAN OF THE YEAR-2005”
Press Release of OPK Oboronprom.

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05.12.05: ULAN–UDE AVIATION PLANT SHIPPED FINAL LOT OF MI-171SH HELICOPTERS TO CZECH REPUBLIC
The helicopters are supplied under the contract signed by Rosoboronexport with the Ministry of Defense of the Czech Republic.

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01.12.05: EXTRA MEETING OF MIL MOSCOW HELICOPTER PLANT SHARE HOLDERS ELECTED NEW BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Press Release of OPK Oboronprom.

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30.11.05: MIL AND KAMOV HELICOPTER SCHOOLS BE PRESERVED IN “RUSSIAN HELICOPTERS” HOLDING
Kamov helicopters have their own niche and we do not want to lose it. But it is difficult to say now what projects Kamov and Mil will reserve. Nevertheless we may say for certain that two schools will exist”, - said Denis Manturov, General Director of OPK “Oboronprom”, to "INTERFAX-Military News Agency".

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30.11.05: LARGE MILTISECTOR INDUSTRIAL CORPORATION WILL BE ESTABLISHED ON THE BASE OF OPK “OBORONPROM”
“Our strategic task is to set up a multiple corporation that will be concerned not only with helicopters but also with a number of other major directions in the field of machine-building and high technologies”,- said Denis Manturov.

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30.11.05: OPK “OBORONPROM” AND ILYUSHIN COMPANY WILL BE GRANTED SALES RIGHTS IN FOREIGN MARKETS
“The list of Russian defence industry enterprises which have sales rights in foreign market will be extended”, - said Alexander Denisov, first deputy director of Federal Service for military and technical cooperation.

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30.11.05: “OBORONPROM” PLANS TO BECOME THE OWNER OF CONTROLLING PARCEL OF SHARES OF ALL ENTERPRISES ENTERING INTO HELICOPTER HOLDING
“We are facing the task to acquire controlling parcel of shares of all enterprises entering into OPK “Oboronpom”, including Rostvertol JSC, during the year 2006”, - declared Denis Manturov, OPK “Oboronprom” General Director to “Interfax – AVN”.

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30.11.05: ROSTVERTOL BOARD OF DIRECTORS ADVISED TO PAY CASH DIVIDENDS FOR 9 MONTHS, 2005 AT THE INTEREST RATE OF 0.03 RUBLE PER EQUITY SHARE
The extra meeting of share holders is scheduled on 22/12/2005.

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29.11.05: DENIS PALTSEV WAS APPOINTED NEW GENERAL DIRECTOR OF VPERED MOSCOW MACHINE-BUILDING PLANT JSC
Press Release of OPK Oboronprom

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25.11.05: TBILISI AVIATION PLANT REPAIRS RUSSIAN HELICOPTERS ILLEGALY
As representatives of “Rosoboronexport” informed ARMS-TASS reporter in Dubai, Tbilisi aviation plant has no cooperation agreements with Mil design bureau as well as no rights for carrying out retrofit of “Mi” helicopters independently.

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24.11.05: NET PROFIT OF KAZAN HELICOPTER PLANT DECREASED BY 23%
Net profit of JSC “Kazan Helicopter Plant” (KHP) which is integrated into JSC “United Industrial Corporation “Oboronprom” (OPK “Oboronprom”), within first nine months of the year 2005 in comparison with the same period of the previous year decreased by 23% down to 168 448 000 rubles, company’s report says.

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24.11.05: ULAN-UDE AVIATION PLANT OPENS SERVICE CENTER IN UAE
Ulan-Ude Aircraft Plant has opened its service center in the UAE city of Sharjah, where maintenance will be provided for Mi-8, Mi-17 and Mi-171 helicopters, and on its basis spare parts storage and training center will be organized.

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22.11.05: OBORONPROM OBTAINED 29.92% OF KAZAN HELICOPTER PLANT SHARES
Tatarstan Ministry of land and property relations handed over to helicopter holding JSC “united Industrial Corporation “Obobronprom” 29.92% of JSC “Kazan Helicopter Plant” authorized share capital, ministry representative reported.

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22.11.05: SOUTH KOREA FORESTRY DEPARTMENT INTERESTED IN “ANSATS”
Training courses for flight and ground personnel from South Korea Forestry Department have just been finished at Kazan helicopter plant.

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21.11.05: ULAN-UDE HELICOPTER PRODUCERS TO FINISH DELIVERIES OF RUSSIAN HELICOPTERS TO CZECH REPUBLIC
Ulan-Ude aviation plant (UUAP) is to finish deliveries of Mi-171Sh helicopters to Czech Republic in November. This information was given by Tsydyp Galdanov, deputy general director on marketing of UUAP, at the 9th annual international airspace salon “Dubai airshow-2005”.

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18.11.05: RUSSIAN FRONTIER GUARDS TO SEND TO TAJIK COLLEGUES TWO MI-8 HELICOPTERS
Frontier department of FSB RF in Tajikistan is to send free of charge two Mi-8 helicopters to the Committee of Tajikistan State Frontier Guard (CTSFG), reported major Viktor Letov, representative of Frontier Department of FSB on Friday in Dushanbe.

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18.11.05: VENEZUELA TO GET RUSSIAN HELICOPTERS WITH VK-2500 ALTITUDE ENGINES
All military-transport Mi-17MTV-5 and combat attack Mi-35M helicopters that were ordered by Venezuelan government in Russia will be procured with VK-2500 turbo-shaft engines. This information was given to ARMS-TASS by Vladimir Shirmanov, general director of Klimov Plant where VK-2500 engine was developed.

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17.11.05: RUSSIA TO SEND MI-17 HELICOPTERS TO PALESTINE
Russia is to send two Mi-17 transport helicopters and several dozens off-road UAZ vehicles to Palestine, executive body official told Interfax-AVN.

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17.11.05: UNDER AGREEMENT WITH RED CROSS “ROSTVERTOL-AVIA” TRANSFERRED MI-26T HELICOPTER TO PAKISTAN
The Rostvertol-Avia air carrier has sent a Mi-26T heavy transport helicopter to Pakistan to take part in the earthquake-relief operation, the Rostvertol JS press-service said.

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17.11.05: ENTERPRISES OF JSC OPK “OBORONPROM” HELICOPTER HOLDING TO PRESENT THEIR PRODUCTION AT DUBAI AEROSPACE – 2005 EXHIBITION
Press Release of OPK Oboronprom.

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15.11.05: CHANGES IN COMPOSITION OF “ULAN-UDE AVIATION PLANT” SHAREHOLDERS THAT OWN NO LESS THAN 5% OF ORDINARY SHARES
Thus, number of ordinary shares of JSC “Deposit-Clearing Company” before the change equaled 20.34% and after – 6.34%, and the share of JSC “United Industrial Corporation “Oboronprom” before the change was 0%, after the change it amounted to 14%.

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12.11.05: AIR FORCES OF KAZAKHSTAN RECEIVED FIRST BATCH OF MI-24V HELICOPTERS MODIFIED IN RUSSIA
Air forces of Kazakhstan received the first four Mi-24V helicopters that were modified in Rostov-on-Don (Russia). As Nikolai Pospelov, vice-minister of defense of Kazakhstan, Lieutenant-General, reports, now “improved navigation equipment of the helicopters enables them to conduct operations at night as well”.

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11.11.05: ACCORDING TO 2004 RESULTS BEST EXPORTERS OF TATARSTAN ARE DEFINED
The Ministry of Commerce and Foreign Economic Cooperation named the best exporters of Tatarstan Republic according to 2004 results.

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11.11.05: VENEZUELAN VICE-PRESIDENT CONFIRMS PLANS FOR RUSSIAN HELICOPTERS AND SMALL ARMS RPOCUREMENT
In the near future Venezuela will acquire the batch of Russian helicopters and small arms, reported Jose Rangel, Vice-President of Venezuela, after finishing the negotiations with Alexander Zhukov, Vice Prime Minister of Russian Federation, in Caracas.

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10.11.05: NEXT YEAR RF PLANS TO SHIP ANOTHER BATCH OF HELICOPTRS TO VENEZUELA
As the source that is close to the negotiation process reports, the Russian party intends to seek delivery of another batch of Mi-26 and Mi-17 helicopters to Venezuela. At the moment the Russian delegation headed by Vice Prime Minister of the Russian Federation is working in Venezuela.

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08.11.05: Q3: NET PROFIT OF ULAN-UDE AVIATION PLANT DECREASED BY 12.8%
According to official report of the company, in Q3 2005 the net profit of the Ulan-Ude Aviation Plant decreased by 12.8% and equaled 153.37 mln rubles in comparison with the previous quarter when this figure amounted to 175.93 mln rubles.

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08.11.05: FAS RF TO CONSIDER APPLICATION ON ACQUISITION OF 100% OF “KAMOV-HOLDING” SHARES
According to the information given by FAS RF to the IA Regnum, Federal Antimonopoly Service (FAS RF) is considering the application of the “United Industrial Corporation “Oboronprom” for acquisition of 100% of JSC “Kamov-Holding” shares.

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08.11.05: DENIS MANTUROV: “HELICOPTER BUSINESS IS THE CORE ACTIVITY OF OUR CORPORATION”
Press Release of OPK Oboronprom.

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03.11.05: ULAN-UDE AVIATION PLANT GENERAL DIRECTOR WAS AWARDED “DISTINGUISHED WORKER OF BURYATIA REPUBLIC INDUSTRY” DEGREE OF HONOR
DECREE of the President of Buryatia Republic

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03.11.05: Q3 2005: ULAN-UDE AVIATION PLANT INCREASED ITS ASSETS VALUE BY 29.11%
Company statement says that in comparison with the previous quarter when the value of the Ulan-Ude Aviation Plant assets amounted to 5.08 billion rubles, in the third quarter of 2005 this number increased by 29.11% up to 6.56 billion rubles.

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03.11.05: GENERAL DIRECTOR OF “OPK “OBORONPROM”, DENIS MANTUROV ELECTED CHAIRMAN OF “KAMOV” DESIGN BUREAU BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Press Release of OPK Oboronprom.

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02.11.05: KAZAN HELICOPTER PLANT LOST ITS MAJORITY SHAREHOLDING IN “ZARECHIE” BANK
As “Tatar-Inform” with reference to “AK&M” agency reports the Kazan Helicopter Plant reduced its shareholding in “Zarechie” bank from 61.42% to 42.99% of shares.

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31.10.05: VICTOR GRIGORIEV TO BE VICE-PRESIDENT & HEAD OF HELICOPTER PROGRAMS DIRECORATE OF JSC “OBORONPROM”
Press Release of OPK Oboronprom.

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18.10.05: HEAVY HELICOPTERS ASSOCIATION TO BE CREATED
October 19-20, in Rostov-on-Don “Rostvertol”-sponsored conference and first meeting of heavy helicopters association shareholders will take place. During scheduled activities the following documents shall be accepted: concept of Heavy Helicopters Association creation, Certificate of Incorporation and Bylaws.

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17.10.05: FOUR MI-171SH HELCOPTERS TRANSFERRED TO CZECH REPUBLIC
As a part of Russian debt settlement four Mi-171Sh military-transport helicopters were transferred to the Czech Republic. As the Czech radio informs the helicopters will be deployed at air force base in Przherov city.

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17.10.05: OPK “OBORONPROM” DENIES THAT “STRELA” IS TO ENTER HELICOPTER HOLDING
As Denis Manturov, General Director of the United Industrial Corporation “Oboronprom”, says, there are no plans of including scientific-production association “Strela” (Orenburg) into helicopter production holding.

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17.10.05: OPK “OBORONPROM” TO GET EXPORT RIGHTS FOR PROCUREMENT OF MILITARY EQUIPMENT SPARE PARTS
The United Industrial Corporation “Oboronpron”, which is to be the base for major helicopter production holding creation, in the near future will get the license for carrying out independent foreign economic activity with regard to spare parts procurement and maintenance support of military equipment operated abroad.

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10.10.05: RUSSIA AND UZBEKISTAN TO DECIDE ON JV “UZROSAVIA” SHAREHOLDING BY THE END OF THE YEAR
This information was given by Boris Aleshin, Head of “Rosprom”, at the 8th meeting of Russian-Uzbek intergovernmental committee. This JV will carry out helicopter repair on the basis of Chirchik Aircraft Reapir Plant /Tashkent district/.

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30.09.05: ULAN-UDE AVIATION PLANT OPENS REPRESENTATIVE OFFICE IN UNITED ARAB EMIRATES
Decision about opening of representative office is successive stage in the plant`s program of the Customer`s service quality improvement.

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29.09.05: FEDERAL FINANCIAL MARKETS SERVICE REGISTERED ADDITIONAL ISSUE OF JSC OPK “OBORONPROM” SHARES
Press Release of OPK Oboronprom.

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27.09.05: QII, 2005: KAZAN HELICOPTER PLANT INCREASED ITS PROFIT IN COMPARISON WITH SAME PERIOD OF PREVIOUS YEAR FROM RUB 3,059 MLN TO RUB 3,155 MLN
Total profit of the enterprise rose from 926.44 mln rubles to 1,029 mln rubles, net profit - from 175.6 mln rubles to 396.37 mln rubles.

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26.09.05: ROSOBORONEXPORT, IDEF`2005, - RUSSIAN DEFENSE INDUSTRY EMPLOYEES PUT SPECIAL EMPHASIS ON MIL AND KAMOV HELICOPTERS
As the press-service of the Federal Unitary Enterprise “Rosoboronexport” said to RIA “Novosti”, “taking into account interest of countries of the region including Turkey in acquiring surveillance and attack and utility helicopters and Russian experience in combat and anti-terrorist operations in adverse desert and mountainous areas with use of helicopters, the Russian exposition was arranged so that to put special emphasis on Mil and Kamov helicopters.”

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21.09.05: AVIATION EXPO CHINA IN BEIJING, RUSSIAN EXPOSITION TO BE DEVOTED TO HELICOPTERS
"The Russian industry enterprises always participate in the exhibition. Pursuant to the Russian Government decision it was allowed to display defense products at the exhibition”, the Federal Agency of Military-Technical Cooperation said.

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19.09.05: FOUR MI-24 ATTACK HELICOPTERS ARE DELIVERED FROM SIERRA LEONE
The helicopters were withdrawn from Sierra Leone that took part in the peacekeeping operation under the UN aegis as Colonel Alexander Drobyshevsky, the Head of Press service of the Air Forces said to “Interfax-AVN”.

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16.09.05: STRUCTURES AFFILIATED WITH OPK ”OBORONPROM” PURCHASED 31% OF “MIL” MOSCOW HELICOPTER PLANT SHARES
"This week the structures affiliated with “OPK”Oboronprom” purchased 31% of the “Mil” Moscow Helicopter Plant shares that belonged to structures controlled by Join-Stock Commercial Bank “Interregional Investment Bank”. The sum of transaction amounts to $20MIO”, the source in the Defence Industry Complex said Friday to “Interfax-AVN”.

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08.09.05: “ROSTVERTOL” COMPLETED SCHEDULED MAINTENANCE OF MI-26T INDIAN HELICOPTER
Press Release of Rostvertol.

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07.09.05: THREE TRAINERS OF MI-8 HELICOPTER FAMILY TO BE DELIVERED BY “KRONSTADT” COMPANY TO TYUMEN
"These helicopter trainers have undergone all necessary tests and are approved for operation by the Ministry of Transport", said Mr.Yury Telkanov, First Deputy General Director of “Kronstadt” Company, to “Interfax-AVN”.

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05.09.05: BELARUS AND RUSSIA TO FORM JOINT VENTURES FOR REPAIR, MODERNIZATION, BUILDING OF AUTOMATIC CONTROL SYSTEMS, AVIATION EQUIPMENT AND AIR DEFENCE EQUIPMENT
The joint venture can be established in the territory of Belarus and in the territory of Russia as well. This information was announced by the First Deputy Chairman of the State Defense Industry Council, Petr Rogozhevsky, in an interview with the newspaper of the Defence Ministry of the Republic.

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02.09.05: OPK ”OBORONPROM” NEGOTIATES PURCHASE OF KAMOV-HOLDING JSC
Press Release of OPK Oboronprom.

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01.09.05: EMPLOYEES OF SOUTH KOREA FORESTRY DEPARTMENT TO ARRIVE IN KAZAN HELICOPTER PLANT FOR TRAINING
The flight and ground personnel twelve in number from the Forestry Department of South Korea arrived at the Kazan Helicopter Plant for training in piloting and operating of the Ansat helicopters.

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30.08.05: RUSSIAN HELICOPTER MANUFACTURERS TO MERGE INTO ONE HOLDING
Press Release of OPK Oboronprom.

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27.08.05: HELICOPTER HOLDING MEMBERS SIGNED CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION
Press Release of OPK Oboronprom.

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26.08.05: “ROSOBORONEXPORT” AND “ROSTVERTOL” ARE INTERESTED IN FURTHER PROMOTION OF HELICOPTERS TO VENEZUELAN MARKET
Participation of the Rostov helicopter manufactures in the ExpoNaval-2005 International exhibition (Caracas, Venezuela) opens new export opportunities for Russian helicopters penetration into the market of Latin American countries.

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18.08.05: TATARSTAN REPUBLIC AND ROSTVERTOL NEW SHAREHOLDERS OF “OPK” OBORONPROM”
Press Release of OPK Oboronprom.

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18.08.05: TRANSPORT VERSION OF ĚČ-171Ŕ1 HELICOPTER IS CERTIFIED
Press Release of OPK Oboronprom.

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17.08.05: ULAN-UDE AVIATION PLANT HELD VI INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE OF MI-8/MI-171 HELICOPTER OPERATORS
Press Release of Ulan-Ude Aviation Plant.

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16.08.05: ROSOBORONEXPORT: "MIL" AND "KAMOV" HELICOPTERS IN STEADILY HIGH DEMAND AT WORLD MARKET
“The "Mil" and "Kamov" helicopters which will be exhibited at the MAKS-2005 International Aerospace Show, in Zhukovsky, Moscow Region, are in steadily high demand at the world market”, the press service of the Federal State Unitary Enterprise “Rosoboronexport” said to RIA “Novosti”.

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15.08.05: KAZAN HELICOPTER PLANT INCREASED PROFIT FROM CORE ACTIVITY
In Q2, 2005 the Kazan Helicopter Plant increased its profit from RUB 3.059 BLN to RUB 3.155 BLN as compared with the same period in 2004.

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12.08.05: FEDERAL FINANCIAL MARKETS SERVICE REGISTERED FINAL REPORT OF ADDITIONAL ISSUES OF ROSTVERTOL SHARES OF RUB 30 MIO VALUE
The emmiter issued additionally 30 MIO securities, the nominal value of each security additionally issued is RUB 1, total value of additional issue is RUB 30 MIO.

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11.08.05: OPK OBORONPROM HELICOPTER HOLDING TO PARTICIPATE IN INTERNATIONAL AEROSPACE SALON MAKS-2005
Press Release of OPK Oboronprom.

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11.08.05: RF AIR FORCE COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF PREFERS MI-28N NIGHT HELICOPTER TO “BLACK SHARK”
"I believe that it is unreasonable to develop two types of helicopters, I mean the Ka-50 helicopter, as our state cannot afford it. We should pursue one goal and this goal is undoubtedly the Mi-28N “Night Hunter”, said Mr. Mikhailov to “Interfax-AVN”.

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09.08.05: BORIS ALESHIN, HELICOPTER HOLDING WAS ESTABLISHED UNDER MORE FAVOURABLE CONDITIONS THAN THE AVIATION HOLDING WAS
The helicopter holding vs aviation holding was established stage by stage and each stage was thoroughly developed as Mr.Boris Aleshin, Head of Federal Agency of Industry, said during press-conference held in the head office of “Interfax”.

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08.08.05: NET PROFIT OF ULAN-UDE AVIATION PLANT AMOUNTS TO RUB175.9 MIO FOR Q2,2005
The net profit of the Ulan-Ude Aviation Plant for Q2, 2005 amounts to RUB175 MIO 926 THS as compared with RUB108 MIO 048 THS for Q1, 2005.

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01.08.05: DENIS MANTUROV, GENERAL DIRECTOR OF “OPK” OBORONPROM” JSC, RE-ELECTED CHAIRMAN OF “MIL” MOSCOW HELICOPTER PLANT BOARD
Press Release of OPK Oboronprom.

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28.07.05: KAZAN HELICOPTER PLANT INVITED ITS PARTNERS
The representatives of the company-operators, who arrived in Kazan the day before from 21 countries, among them are USA, Great Britain, Sudan, Sri Lanka, South Korea etc., saw with their own eyes that the products of the Kazan Helicopter Plant were fully reliable.

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25.07.05: NET PROFIT OF ULAN-UDE AVIATION PLANT AMOUNTS TO RUB 95 MIO AT 2004 YEAR-END
Receipts from marketing and services of the Ulan-Ude Aviation Plant JSC (the Republic of Buryatia, the city of Ulan-Ude) dropped by 34.3% down to RUB 4.567 MIO at 2004 year-end.

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21.07.05: ALEXANDER LAVRENTIEV, GENERAL DIRECTOR OF KAZAN HELICOPTER PLANT IS AWARDED II DEGREE ORDER OF REVEREND SERGIUS OF RADONEZH

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21.07.05: VLADIMIR MIKHAILOV, AIR FORCE COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF –STATE TESTS OF “ANSAT-U” HELICOPTER TO BEGIN IN 2005
"Lately, special attention has been drawn to light utility helicopters (LUH) of about 1,000 kg lifting capacity. The “Ansat-U” and Ka-60U helicopters are considered to be of advanced design in this field. The state tests of the first of them are planned for 2005”,the Commander-in-Chief said.

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15.07.05: MIL MI-171SH IN SERVICE WITH CZECH AIR FORCE TO BE ADJUSTED FOR NATO STANDARDS

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14.07.05: “ROSTVERTOL” JSC SIGNED CONTRACT FOR OVERHAUL OF SIX MI-2 HELICOPTERS FROM ONE OF SOUTH-EAST ASIA COUNTRIES
Press Release of Rostvertol.

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14.07.05: “ROSTVERTOL-AVIA” COMPANY CONCLUDED FIRST LEASING CONTRACT FOR MI-26T HELICOPTER
Press Release of Rostvertol.

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14.07.05: ULAN-UDE AVIATION PLANT IS CALLED BEST EXPORTER OF AVIATION INDUSTRY
The Ministry of Economic Development and Trade of the Russian Federation summed up the results of the competition “Best Russian Exporter - 2004”.

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12.07.05: CUSTOMER REQUIREMENTS COMPLIANCE STATEMENT SIGNED FOR THE STREAMLINED PECHORA-2M AIR DEFENCE SYSTEM
The interagency commission consisting of representatives of the Ministry of Defence, Federal State Enterprise "Rosoboronexport", and industrial plants summed up the results of ground (acceptance) tests for the Pechora-2M air defence system and approved the Customer Requirements Compliance Statement.

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08.07.05: SERGEY CHEMEZOV, GENERAL DIRECTOR OF ROSOBORONEXPORT STATE CORPORATION, RE-ELECTED AS BOARD CHAIRMAN OF OAO OPK OBORONPROM
Press Release of OPK Oboronprom.

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07.07.05: KAZAN HELICOPTER PLANT PREPARING TWO ANSAT CHOPPERS FOR SOUTH KOREA
VolgaInform Information Agency reports that the Kazan Helicopter Plant (KVZ) is close to completing the assembly of two Ansat helicopters intended for export to South Korea, where they will be used by the country`s Forest Service Department.

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06.07.05: THAI AMBASSADOR: THAILAND IS INTERESTED IN BUYING HELICOPTERS MADE AT ULAN-UDE AVIATION PLANT
During today`s talks, Sorayut Prompot, Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Ambassador of the Kingdom of Thailand to Russia, and Leonid Potapov, President of Buryatia, discussed the possibility of exporting the Mi-family helicopters made at the Ulan-Ude Aviation Plant to Thailand.

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06.07.05: OPK OBORONPROM GENERAL DIRECTOR ELECTED TO THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF OAO KAMOV
The Annual General Meeting of OAO Kamov has elected Denis Manturov, General Director of OAO OPK Oboronprom, as a member of the Board of Directors of the Company.

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01.07.05: OAO MIL MOSCOW HELICOPTER PLANT, OAO ULAN-UDE AVIATION PLANT HOLD AGMs
On June 30th, OAO Mil Moscow Helicopter Plant and OAO Ulan-Ude Aviation Plant held their Annual General Meetings of shareholders.

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01.07.05: OAO ROSTVERTOL ISSUES RUB30 M OF SHARES
The Rostov-based helicopter plant, OAO Rostvertol, has completed the issuance of additional ordinary shares worth RUB30 million, the Company`s reports say. Shares with a nominal value of RUB1 each were placed at RUB1.92 per share.

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30.06.05: KAZAN HELICOPTER PLANT REPORTS SALES PROFIT OF RUB523.1 MLN
The above data was taken from the annual financial statements of OAO Kazan helicopter Plant for 2004.

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29.06.05: AGM OF OAO OPK OBORONPROM REELECTS DENIS MANTUROV AS DIRECTOR GENERAL
Press Release of OPK Oboronprom.

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27.06.05: AIR FORCE COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF: RUSSIAN ARMY WILL HAVE ONLY NEW AND MODERNIZED HELICOPTERS IN 7-8 YEARS
General of the Army Vladimir Mikhailov, Commander-in-Chief of the Russian Air Force, said in a statement that in 7-8 years, the helicopter fleet of Russia`s Air Force will comprise only new and modernized machines.

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27.06.05: RUSSIAN AIR FORCE START FLIGHT TESTING OF MI-28N NIGHT HAVOC
The Russian Air Force have started flight testing of the Mi-28N Night Havoc helicopter, said General of the Army Vladimir Mikhailov, AF Commander-in-Chief, in a press-conference held at the press-center of Interfax-Yug Agency in Rostov-na-Donu.

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22.06.05: RUSSIAN SPECIALISTS UNDERTAKE TO REPAIR 13 HELICOPTERS OF PERU AIR FORCE
President Peru Alexandro Toledo signed the contract with “Rosoboronexport” company for repair of 13 Mi-17 Russian-origin helicopters placed in the inventory of the Peru Air Force. The contract total value is 18 million USD.

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20.06.05: ROSTVERTOL DECLARES DIVIDEND AMOUNT FOR 2004
OAO Rostvertol based in Rostov-on-Don declared a dividend of RUB0.03 for 2004, down 2.33 times from RUB0.07 per share in 2003, the Company spokesperson said to MFD-InfoCenter, referring to the resolution of AGM held June 4, 2005.

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20.06.05: OAO ROSTVERTOL ELECTS BOARD OF DIRECTORS
On June 4, 2005, the Rostov-on-Don-based OAO Rostvertol held its Annual General Meeting.

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16.06.05: ROSOBORONEXPORT WILL INCREASE ITS PARTICIPATION IN EXPORT-ORIENTED COMPANIES
Rosoboronexport intends to increase its role in running the export-oriented enterprises.

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15.06.05: SERGEY CHEMEZOV: DEMAND FOR RUSSIAN HELICOPTERS GROWING IN THE WORLD
Sergey Chemezov, General Director of Rosoboronexport, said that the international demand for Russian helicopter was growing.

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10.06.05: ULAN-UDE AVIATION PLANT MAKES FIRST SHPIMENT OF MI-171Sh HELICOPTERS TO CZECH REPUBLIC
The helicopters are to be supplied under the contract entered into by Rosoboronexport and the Defense Ministry of the Czech Republic.

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08.06.05: BELARUS STATE COMMITTEE FOR DEFENCE INDUSTRY TO SET UP BELARUSIAN-RUSSIAN JOINT VENTURES
Nikolay Azamatov, Chairman of the State Committee For Defence Industry of Belarus, told in an interview to the Novosti Nauki i Tekhnologiy Magazine ("Science and Technology News") that the State Committee for Defence Industry of Belarus had plans to create a number of Belarusian-Russian joint ventures.

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06.06.05: INTERGOVERNMENTAL RUSSIAN-MEXICAN MIXED COMMISSION ON COOPERATION MEETS IN MEXICO
The Meeting of Intergovernmental Russian-Mexican Mixed Commission on Economy, Trade, Scientific and Technical Cooperation, and Maritime Navigation opened in Mexico City.

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06.06.05: ROSTVERTOL TO MAKE SECOND CONTRACT TO SELL 5 MI-35M COPTERS TO VENEZUELA
Boris Slyusar, Director General of OAO Rostvertol, told Interfax that Rostvertol together with the Russian arms exporter Rosoboronexport expect to make a contract with Venezuela in June this year to supply five Mi-35M helicopters.

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31.05.05: NOTICE OF AGM OF ULAN-UDE AVIATION PLANT
The Board of Directors of OAO Ulan-Ude Aviation Plant made a decision to hold the Annual General Meeting of shareholders on June 30, 2005.

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27.05.05: FOREIGN ORDERS TO UPGRADE MI HELICOPTERS MAY REACH $1.5BN
The volume of orders to modernize Mi-family helicopters may reach US$1.5 billion within the next few years, said Dmitry Lelikov, First Deputy General Director of OPK Oboronprom.

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27.05.05: ADVANCED ATTACK HELICOPTER AND CONVERTIPLANE WILL BE DEVELOPED IN RUSSIA
By 2010, Russia will have an advanced attack helicopter and a transport helicopter with a tilt-rotor system, said Dmitry Lelikov, First Deputy Director General of Oboronprom United Industrial Corporation (OPK Oboronprom).

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27.05.05: RUSSIAN HELICOPTER GROUP WILL PRODUCE OVER $500M OF GOODS IN 2006
According Dmitry Lelikov, First Deputy General Director of OPK Oboronprom, the group engaged in the manufacture of Mi-family helicopters will produce US$500 million worth of rotorcraft in 2006.

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26.05.05: AIR FORCE DEPUTY COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF: RUSSIAN AIR FORCE TO RECEIVE FIRST MI-28N COPTERS IN 2006
"The first deliveries of the new Ni-28N Night Havoc attack helicopters to Russia`s Air Force are expected in 2006", said Colonel-General Alexander Zelin, Air Force Deputy Commander-in-Chief for Aviation.

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23.05.05: OAO OBORONITELNYE SISTEMY (DEFENCE SYSTEMS) HOLDS AGM
Press Release of OPK Oboronprom.

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23.05.05: AIR FORCE COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF, ROSTVERTOL EXECUTIVES WILL DISCUSS PROGRESS IN STARTING MANUFACTURE OF MI-28N COMBAT HELICOPTER
A group of generals and senior officers of the Air Force General Staff headed by the AF Commander-in-Chief, General of the Army Vladimir Mikhailov, will discuss with the Rostvertol top management the progress achieved in the launch of manufacture of the Mi-28N combat helicopter.

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19.05.05: “DEFENCE SYSTEMS” ITERSTATE FINANCE-INDUSTRY GROUP STARTED SERIES PRODUCTION OF “PECHORA-2M” AIR DEFENCE MISSILE SYSTEM UNDERGOING MODFICATION IN RUSSIA AND BYELORUSSIA
The “Defence Systems” interstate finance-industry group started series production of “Pechora-2M” air defence missile system undergoing modification in Russia and Byelorussia. This information was received from Andrey Romanov, General Director of “Defence Systems” JSC in Minsk.

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18.05.05: RUSSIA, BELARUS COMPLETING CREATION OF AIR DEFENCE MAINTENANCE FACILITY
The project to create a joint Russia-Belarus facility for maintenance, repair and modernization of air defence weapons and equipment, Oboronpromservis, is nearing completion, says the Rosoboronexport press release received by Interfax-AVN.

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18.05.05: CHANGE OF POWER IN UKRAINE HINDERS MERGER OF UKRAINIAN COMPANIES WITH MFPG DEFENCE SYSTEMS
"The change of power in Ukraine has hindered entry of Ukrainian enterprises into the International Financial Industrial Group (IFIG) Defence Systems," said Andrey Romanov, General Director of OAO Oboronitelnye Sistemy (Defence Systems) in a press-conference in Minsk.

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17.05.05: ROSTVERTOL RESUMES ADDITIONAL SHARE ISSUE OF RUB30M
The additional share issue of OAO Rostvertol was carried out in order to enable the Russian Federal Property Management Agency to take a blocking stake in Rostvertol and facilitate the latter`s becoming part of Mi Helicopters Corporation.

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17.05.05: DEFENŃE SYSTEMS PRESENTS UPGRADE OF S-125 PECHORA SAM SYSTEM AT MILEX 2005
Defenńe Systems Interstate Financial and Industrial Group (IFIG) will present a modernized version of the S-125 surface-to-air missile system known as Pechora at the Milex-2005 exhibition in Minsk, said Victor Vishchuk, First Deputy Director of OAO Oboronitelnye Sistemy (Defence Systems) said in an interview to Interfax-AVN.

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15.05.05: CZECH ARMY RECEIVES THREE NEW MI-35 COMBAT HELICOPTERS
The Czech Army has put into service the three new Mi-35 combat helicopters supplied by Russia in April this year as a measure to cancel the former Soviet Union`s debt to the Czech Republic.

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14.05.05: DEFENCE SYSTEMS COMPLETE TESTING OF ANTI-JAMMING EQUIPMENT FOR PECHORA-2M
OAO Oboronitelnye Sistemy (Defence Systems) have completed the testing of radio protection equipment (KRTZ) for the Pechora-2M SAM system, said Yuri Chervakov, Press Secretary of Defence Systems, said in a statement to Interfax-AVN.

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14.05.05: BY 2006 ULAN UDE AVIATION PLANT WILL DELIVER 10 MI-171SH HELICOPTERS TO MALAYSIA
By the year-end 2006, OAO Ulan-Ude Aviation Plant is planning to deliver 10 Mi-171SH helicopters to Malaysia, the company spokesperson told Interfax.

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13.05.05: RUSSIA AND BYELORUSSIA ESTABLISH JOINT CENTER FOR MAINTENANCE, MODIFICATION AND REPAIR OF AIR DEFENCE WEAPONS AND MILITARY EQUIPMENT
The establishment of Russian-Byelorussian joint center for maintenance, modification and repair of air defence weapons and military equipment nears the completion. This information was received by Interfax-AVN from Yuri Chervakov, spokesman of “Defence Systems”.

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13.05.05: GOVERNMENT DECIDES TO CREATE A HELICOPTER GROUP
The Russian Government released a Decree on the creation of a group of helicopter making companies on the basis of OAO OPK Oboronprom (a subsidiary of Rosoboronexport).

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13.05.05: OAO OPK OBORONPROM WILL BECOME A HELICOPTER GROUP
On May 6, Prime Minister Mikhail Fradkov signed a Government Decree on the creation of a Group which will be engaged in the manufacture of the Mi-family helicopters.

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12.05.05: MIL MOSCOW HELICOPTER PLANT, STUPINO MACHINE-BUILDING PRODUCTION ENTERPRISE PUT ON PRIVATIZATION PLAN
The Government of the Russian Federation has put OAO Mil Moscow Helicopter Plant and OAO Stupino Machine-building Production Enterprise on the list of companies scheduled for privatization in 2005.

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11.05.05: AGREEMENT FOR SUPPLY OF RUSSIAN TRANSPORT-COMBAT HELICOPTERS TO VENEZUELA ARMY SIGNED IN CARACAS
The agreement for supply of Russian transport-combat helicopters to Venezuela was signed in the Ministry of Defence of Venezuela. Five Mi-35M helicopters produced by the “Rostvertol” will be supplied to Venezuela.

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05.05.05: FOREIGN EXPERTS FORECAST RECORD INCREASE IN HELICOPTER SALES
According to Teal Group, a most authoritative western marketing company, the world`s defence forces will procure a record number of combat and transport helicopters.

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05.05.05: RUSSIA STARTS DELIVERY OF MI-171 AND MI-35 HELICOPTERS TO CZECH REPUBLIC
According to a source in the defence industry, Ulan-Ude Aviation Plant and the Rostov-based helicopter manufacturer, Rostvertol, are starting deliveries of the Mi-171 and Mi-35 helicopters to the Czech Republic in May this year.

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05.05.05: FLIGHT DEMONSTRATION OF THE RUSSIAN MI-171A HELICOPTER HAS STARTED IN BRAZILIA
Flight demonstrations of the Russian Mi-171A helicopter has started in Brazil.

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04.05.05: ROSTVERTOL TO SUPPLY MI-35 HELICOPTERS ADAPTED FOR USE OF NIGHT VISION GOGGLES TO THE CZECH REPUBLIC
A spokesperson for Rostov-based helicopter plant Rostvertol said at the 8th International Exhibition of Defence and Security Technologies IDET 2005 that "Rostvertol had plans to supply the Czech Republic with ten Mi-35 combat helicopters with light equipment of the cockpit adapted for night vision goggles.

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03.05.05: DELIVERIES OF RUSSIAN-MADE HELICOPTERS TO CZECH REPUBLIC WILL START IN MAY, 2005
Deliveries of Russian-made helicopters to the Czech Republic will start in May, 2005 and be completed by the year-end.

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03.05.05: INTERNATIONAL MILITARY EXHIBITION MILEX-2005 WILL TAKE PLACE IN MINSK
An International Armament And Defence Technology Exhibition MILEX-2005 will be held at the BELEXPO National Exhibition Center in Minsk, Republic of Belarus, on May 17-20.

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01.05.05: RUSSIA VIEWS LATIN AMERICA AS A PROMISING MARKET FOR MILITARY
An International Aero & Defence Show (LAAD-2005), which recently took place in Rio de Janeiro, is an important tool for promoting Russian military equipment not only in Brazil, but also in other Latin American countries, stated in an interview with RIA Novosti Deputy Head of the Russian Federal Service for Military Technical Cooperation (FSMTC) Alexander Fomin, who led the Russian delegation at the show.

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30.04.05: FSFM OF RUSSIA REGISTERS AMENDMENTS TO RESOLUTION ON ADDITIONAL SHARE ISSUE AND PROSPECTUS OF OAO ROSTVERTOL
On April 20, 2005, the Federal Service for Financial Markets of Russia registered the amendments to the resolution on additional issue of ordinary shares and the Prospectus of the issue of uncertificated registered ordinary shares of Rostov-based OAO Rostvertol.

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29.04.05: “ROSTVERTOL” RESUMES ISSUE OF SHARES IN AMOUNT OF 30 MILLION RUBLES
According to the company official message, the issue of shares was resumed in connection with the registration dated 28 April of alterations entered into the decision on securities issue and into company issuing prospectus.

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29.04.05: LATIN AMERICAN COUNTRIES MOSTLY INTERESTED IN RUSSIAN HELICOPTERS AND LIGHT ARMOURED VEHICLES
Russian helicopters of the Mi-17 series, light armoured vehicles and air defence systems have the best chances on Latin America`s weapons market, says Konstantin Makienko, an expert in military technical cooperation, Deputy Director of the Center for Analysis of Strategies and Technologies.

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29.04.05: MEXICANS INTERESTED IN KAZAN-MADE HELICOPTERS
Mexican businessmen took an active interest in the Ansat helicopter, said Dmitry Krasilnikov, head of the Kazan Helicopter Plant delegation on returning from the AeroExpo-2005 Exhibition held in the Mexico City.

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29.04.05: LAAD-2005, LATIN AMERICA`S MAJOR AIR & DEFENCE SHOW CLOSES IN RIO DE JANEIRO
Russian enterprises, which displayed their products at the defence exhibition in Brazil, demonstrated their willingness to develop versatile military-technical cooperation with Latin American countries, Vladimir Pakhomov, Deputy General Director of FGUP Rosoboronexport, said in an interview to Interfax-AVN.

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29.04.05: RUSSIA WILL HELP PALESTINIANS TO STRENGTHEN THEIR SECURITY FORCES
A high-ranking source in the Defence Ministry told Intefax-AVN that Russia was planning to deliver two Mi-17 transport helicopters and 50 BRDM-2 patrol vehicles to Palestine.

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26.04.05: NEW DIRECTOR GENERAL OF OBORONPROMLEASING APPOINTED
Press Release of OPK Oboronprom

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25.04.05: MI-171A, FIRST RUSSIAN HELICOPTER CERTIFIED IN LATIN AMERICA PRESENTED IN RIO DE JANEIRO
As Andrey Shibitov, General Director of the “Mil” Moscow Helicopter Plant said to ITAR-TASS correspondent, “It is the first Russian helicopter certified as airworthy in Latin America”.

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25.04.05: MI-171A HELICOPTER CERTIFIED IN BRAZIL
Press Release of OPK Oboronprom

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25.04.05: SECOND PROTOTYPE OF MI-38 HELICOPTER TO BE ROLLED OUT AT KAZAN HELICOPTER PLANT IN 2005
In 2005, the Kazan Helicopter Plan will make the second prototype of Mi-38 helicopter, said the plant`s Director General Alexander Lavrentyev.

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25.04.05: FIRST PROTOTYP OF AKTAI HELICOPTER TO BE DEMONSTRATED AT MAKS-2005 AIR SHOW IN AUGUST
In 2005, Kazan Helicopter Plant (KVZ) plans to complete the development of design documentation for the assembly of the first flying prototype of the Aktai superlight helicopter, said Alexander Lavrentyev, Director General of KVZ.

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22.04.05: MIL MOSCOW HELICOPTER PLANT WILL EQUIP R&M CENTERS WITH PORTABLE CONTROL SYSTEMS
Mil Moscow Helicopter Plant had plans to equip its repair and maintenance service centres with a portable system for helicopter transmission monitoring designed by NIIizmereniya, an measuring instrument research and development institute, said Natalia Kirova, Head of the Institute`s Technical Department, in an interview to Interfax-AVN.

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21.04.05: KAZAN HELICOPTER PLANT TO INCREASE AUTHORIZED CAPITAL
OAO Kazan Helicopter Plant will pay a dividend of RUB0.05 on its ordinary shares and RUB1 on preferred shares (par value RUB1) for 2004, said Alexander Lavrentyev, Director General of OAO Kazan Helicopter Plant, at the AGM of the Company.

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20.04.05: EUROCOPTER`S WITHDRAWAL FROM MI-38 HELI PROGRAM NOT TO RESULT IN SHUTTING PROJECT DOWN
The Mi-38 utility helicopter development project would not be shut down after the French-German Eurocopter Consortium leaves the program, said Vladimir Yablokov, Director General of the Euromil Company.

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20.04.05: TALKS UNDERWAY ON SUPPLY OF TWO MI-17 HELICOPTER AND FIFTY BRDM-2 VEHICLES TO PALESTINE
A high-ranking source at the Defence Ministry told Interfax-AVN that Palestine was planning to buy two Mi-17 transport helicopters and 50 BRDM-2 armoured reconnaissance vehicles from Russia.

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18.04.05: KAZAN COPTER MAKERS GETTING READY FOR MANILA AIRSHOW
The Kazan Helicopter Plant is preparing for the International Aviation, Maritime & Defence (AMD 2005) Exhibition which will be held in April 25–29 in Manila, the capital of the Philippines.

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14.04.05: SCHEDULE READY FOR PRINCIPAL PHASE OF THE MI-38 PROJECT
The timeframe for the research and development and design works on the Mi-38 medium-lift helicopter has been agreed by the firms taking part in the project, said Vladimir Yablokov. Director General of Euromil, the firm coordinating the development of the Mi-38 helicopter.

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08.04.05: PRESENTATION OF RUSSIAN HELICOPTER SERVICE FACILITY BECOMES KEY EVENT OF FIRST DAY OF MEXICO AIR SHOW
The presentation of a Russian helicopter service and repair facility made by representatives of FGUP Rosoboronexport and St. Petersburg-based OAO SPARK Aircraft Repair Company, was one of the major events of the first day of AeroExpo International Air Show in Mexico City.

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06.04.05: ROSOBONEXPORT, SPARK CO. TO SHOW HELICOPTER R&M FACILITY AT MEXICO AIR SHOW
FGUP Rosoboronexport and the Saint-Petersburg-based OAO Spark Aircraft Repair Company will present a helicopter repair and maintenance facility at the International air show, AeroExpo-2005, which is opening in Mexico.

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04.04.05: AIR FORCE COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF: RUSSIAN AIR FORCE TO RECEIVE FIRST MI-28N COPTERS IN 2006
The Air Force Commander-in-Chief Vladimir Mikhailov said in an interview to Interfax-AVN that the first Mi-28 Night Havoc attack helicopters would be supplied to the Russian Air Force in 2006.

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04.04.05: TALKS UNDERWAY TO INCREASE EXPORTS OF PECHORA-2M ADM SYSTEM
Exports of the Pechora-2M air defence missile system modernized by Defence Systems on the order of a Middle-East country may increase in the near future.

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01.04.05: RUSSIA’S OBORONITELNYE SISTEMY OFFERS MOST ADVANCED MODERNIZATION OF PECHORA-2M SAM SYSTEM
"Of the whole number of modernization variants for this SAM system, ours is the most advanced and cost-effective. It provides for the modernization of the missile, rather than the control system only," Andrey Romanov, Oboronitelnye Sistemy General Director, told Interfax-Military News Agency.

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31.03.05: KAZAN HELICOPTER PLANT PLANS TO REACH PRODUCT SALES VOLUME OF 300 MILLION USD PER YEAR BY 2010
“The Kazan Helicopter Plant plans to reach product sales volume of USD 300 million per year by 2010”, reported the plant General Director, Alexander Lavrentiev. Today the product sales volume is about 200 million USD.

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30.03.05: “DEFENCE SYSTEMS” INTENDS TO DEVELOP COOPERATION WITH AIR DEFENCE “ALMAZ-ANTEY” CONSORTIUM
As General Director of “Defence Systems” JSC, Andrei Romanov declared “we have the common business with “Almaz-Antey” consortium and try to do it as well as possible. Our cooperation grants most favorable treatment”.

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29.03.05: NET PROFIT OF MIL MOSCOW HELICOPTR PLANT IS IN EXCESS OF 115 MILLION RUBLES
Press Release of OPK Oboronprom.

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24.03.05: LATVIAN AIR FORCE ACQUIRES THE FOURTH MI-8 HELICOPTER
Riga, March 24. Interfax-ABN/BNS – On Wednesday, the Latvian Air Force acquired the fourth Mi-8 helicopter of the MTB-1 model designed for search and rescue operations, as was reported by press secretary Alyona Nikitina to BNS Agency.

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23.03.05: OAO KAZAN HELICOPTER PLANT IS REPORTED TO BE ONE OF THE MOST ENVIRONMENT-FRIENDLY RUSSIAN ENTERPRISES
The International Social-Environmental Union and the Independent Environmental Rating Agency have published the 2003 environmental ratings for the 75 largest enterprises in Russia. Among the major "wreckers" of nature are energy companies (OAO Irkutskenergo, RAO UES of Russia) and metallurgical plants (OAO MMC Norilsk Nickel), while the least harmful are mechanical engineering and food plants (OAO Cherkizovsky Meat Plant, OAO Kazan Helicopter Plant).

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22.03.05: ELEBORATED PROGRAM OF STRUCTURAL RESHAPING AND TECHNICAL REFITTING OF MOSCOW RADIO ENGINEERING PLANT IS UNDERWAY
In our opinion, this program includes some innovative proposals that have not been wide-spread in defence industry. These proposals refer to leasing of outfitting”, reported General Director of the Defence Systems company, Andrey Romanov to Interfax-AVN.

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22.03.05: DEFENCE SYSTEMS GROUP TO INCLUDE NEW ENTERPRISES FROM CIS COUNTRIES
International Financial Industrial Group (IFIG) "Oboronitelnye Sistemy" (Defence Systems) will expand to include a number of companies based in the CIS countries.

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21.03.05: RUSSIA, UKRAINE TO CREATE REGIONAL CENTER FOR REPAIR AND MODERNIZATION OF AIR DEFENCE SYSTEMS
A Russian-Ukrainian Regional Technical Centre for repair, maintenance, and modernization of weapons and air defence systems will be created in Ukraine with the participation of Interstate Financial and Industrial Group "Oboronitelnye Sistemy" (Defence Systems Group), reported Interfax-Military News Agency quoting the Defence Systems Group press service.

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18.03.05: ROSVERTOL BOARD OF DIRECTORS SUSPENDS ADDITIONAL SHARE ISSUE WORTH RUB30M
The Board of Directors of OAO Rostvertol, based in the city of Rostov-on-Don, resolved to suspend the additional share issue of the Company worth 30 million Rubles.

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14.03.05: BORIS ALESHIN: HELICOPTER CONSORTIUM NOT TO BE INCLUDED INTO UNITED AVIATION COMPANY
While making a speech at a “round table” meeting on aerospace branch problems, he underlined that the “helicopter holding is quite a different level and different business”.

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14.03.05: STATE SECRETARY OF THE UNION OF RUSSIA AND BELARUS HIGHLY APPRECIATES THE PROSPECTS OF INTEGRATION OF COUNTRIES` DEFENCE INDUSTRIES
Military-industrial integration and military-technical cooperation between Moscow and Minsk are the most productive processes underway, Pavel Borodin, State Secretary of the Union State of Russia and Belarus, said in a press conference at the Interfax head offices.

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14.03.05: BORIS ALYOSHIN: HELICOPTER MANUFACTURERS WILL NOT BE INCLUDED IN THE UNITED AIRCRAFT COMPANY
The helicopter manufacturing groups will not be included in the United Aircraft Company (UAC), said Boris Alyoshin, Head of the Federal Agency on Industry, in a statement. Speaking at the roundtable meeting on the problems of the airspace industry, he stressed that "the helicopter manufacturing group is quite another level and quite another business".

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12.03.05: SIGNING OF CONTRACT FOR SUPPLY OF HELICOPTERS TO VENEZUELA BY “ROSOBORONEXPORT” MEANS ACCESS OF RUSSIAN DEFENCE INDUSTRY GROUP TO LATIN AMERICA
Press Release of OPK Oboronprom.

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11.03.05: RUSSIA TO SUPPLY 10 HELICOPTERS AND 100,000 SUBMACHINE GUNS TO VENEZUELA, ACCORDING TO A SOURCE IN DEFENCE INDUSTRY
Russia will supply 10 helicopters to Venezuela, a source in the Russian defence industry told Interfax-Military News Agency.

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10.03.05: KAZAN HELICOPTERS TO BE SOLD TO SOUTH KOREAN POLICE AND FORESTRY AVIATION
South Korea`s LG is interested in purchasing Ansat and Mi-172 helicopters for the country`s police and forestry aviation, said Alexander Petrov, Project Manager for South Korea at OAO Kazan Helicopter Plant.

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09.03.05: KAZAN HELICOPTER MANUFACTURERS READY TO COMPETE ON THE LATIN AMERICAN MARKET
Active preparations are underway at OAO Kazan Helicopter Plant for the AEROEXPO-2005 Air Show, scheduled to take place in early April in Toluca, Mexico.

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03.03.05: RUSSIA AND BYELORUSSIA TO BUILD UP JOINT ENTERPRISE FOR MILITARY EQUIPMENT SERVICE
There is a plan to establish in the territory of Byelorussia a joint service center to carry out maintenance, modification and repair of air defence military equipment under the auspices of the interstate finance-defence industry group “Defence Systems”.

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15.02.05: NET PROFIT OF MOSCOW RADIO ENGINEERING PLANT RESEARCH AND PRODUCTION ASOCIATION IN 2004 EXCEEDED 197 MILLION RUBLES
Press Release of OPK Oboronprom.

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11.02.05: ON 11 FEBRUARY INTERSTATE FINANCE-DEFENCE INDUSTRY GROUP “DEFENCE SYSTEMS” CELEBRATES 5-YEAR ANNIVERSARY AFTER ESTABLISHMENT
Press Release of OPK Oboronprom.

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10.02.05: INTERSTATE FINANCE-DEFENCE INDUSTRY GROUP “DEFENCE SYSTEMS” TO TAKE PART IN INTERNATIONAL DEFENCE EXHIBITION IDEX-2005
Press Release of OPK Oboronprom.

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07.02.05: DENIS MANTUROV, OPK ”OBORONPROM” GENERAL DIRECTOR RE-ELECTED AS CHAIRMAN OF BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF MIL MOSCOW HELICOPTER PLANT
Press Release of OPK Oboronprom.

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31.01.05: VALUE OF “OBORONPROMLEASING” CONTRACTS, CONCLUDED IN 2004, AMOUNTS TO USD 40 MLN.
Press Release of OPK Oboronprom.

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24.01.05: DENIS MANTUROV, “OPK”OBORONPROM” GENERAL DIRECTOR SUPPORTS IDEA TO INTEGRATE “MIL” AND “KAMOV” SCHOOLS INTO ONE CORPORATION
Denis Manturov, “OPK”Oboronprom” General Director supports an idea to integrate the “Kamov” company and “Mil” holding.


2004

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09.12.04: NEW GENERAL DIRECTOR OF JSC MIL MOSCOW HELICOPTER PLANT STARTED DISCHARGE OF HIS DUTIES
Press Release of OPK Oboronprom.

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06.12.04: RF PRESIDENT’S DECREE DEFINES MAIN TRENDS IN BUILD-UP OF VERTICALLY INTEGRATED HELICOPTER CORPORATION
Press Release of OPK Oboronprom.




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