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Russia rues its declining role as arms supplier to India

Sitharaman ignores Russian stalls in her Defexpo 'walkabout'

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An Indian Arjun Mark-II tank drives through the sand during a demonstration at the final day of the Defexpo 2018 in Chennai on Saturday. Photo: PTI

Ajai Shukla Chennai
For years, Russian equipment and defence firms were the highlight of Indian Defexpo and Aero India shows. After live displays, mainly featuring Russian aircraft, helicopters and armoured vehicles, the crowds would throng the glitzy, neon-lit Russian exhibits where executives in lightweight suits and improbably long-legged lady receptionists politely fielded the buzz surrounding the next big Russian contract.

Few would have predicted how quickly change has come. On Wednesday, after opening Defexpo 2018, Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, in a swarm of subordinates and bodyguards, was touring the exhibits in Hall 1, where the big Russian exhibitors and Israeli defence vendors were arrayed

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