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NEW DELHI: The Indian Navy’s (IN’s) MiG-29K fighter fleet is being delivered by Russia in a ‘substandard’ and incomplete condition’ the UK-based IHS Jane’s Defence Weekly has reported.

Quoting senior Indian and Russian officials, Jane’s on Thursday revealed that complaints regarding the single and dual seat MiG-29K/KuB ‘s centered around Russia’s inability to incorporate all features agreed upon in the contract for 45 fighters signed in 2004 and 2010 for $2.24 billion.

These officials said this was due to the 2014 arms embargo imposed on Ukraine contracted to provide several MiG-29K components.

The embargo followed Russia’s annexation of Crimea two years ago, which in turn, resulted in a ban on Ukraine exporting any military-use items to Russia. Alongside, the US and European Union states too prohibited the supply of defence items to Moscow. https://www.thecitizen.in/index.php/...to-indian-navy