Цитата:
(Finnish) Airforce Fighter-jet acquisition
Juri Monogorov, consultant representing Mikoyan Corporation (Mikoyan-and-Gurevich Design Bureau) - now retired Finnish and SEV (?) cooperation comission's officer - visited me offering Mig-29 and Mig-31 fighters for Finnish Airforce
According to him Mikoyan corporation has mandate to sell large count of fighters to foreign nations with reduced price. Deal could be made partially as a barter. For the manufacturer of these fighters, it's important to keep the factories running and to reduce social problems caused by running down (Russian) armed forces. There's hardly normally priced orderds.
Monogarov asked that Mikoyan Corporation could get to negotiate with Finnish officials a.s.a.p and hoped - that after hearing current bidding situation - that they would not be late from this deal.
I promised to relay this proposition to Finnish authoratives.
Military-what-ever-office will send by mail the brochures Monogarov provided to the General HQ.
Цитата:
Some-something document about Russian foreign economic ministry manager Roald . F Piskoppelin visit at PLM (Finnish Ministry of Defence)
Present: Manager Roald Piskoppel and loads of other dudes.
Piskoppel presented himself as a manager of Russian Ministry of Foreign Trade, who's responsible territories are Europe, USA and Canada.
Piskoppel told that he had been at STK (?), debating about the problematic situation of the trade between our countries.
Also he told that he'll present an idea, that will also be presented by Russian government and president (Boris) Jeltsin when they'll arrive to Finland.
He told that Finnish Airforces are planning to make set of acquisitions and that he has the authority to talk about the possibility, that Russia could be part of these deals/acquisitions (as making offer their own offers - clearly).
He presented that Finnish Airfoces would seek possibilities to make fighter-jet purchases from Russia, not with money, but by invalidating old Russian debts and by Finnish supply. Russian specialists/experts could give information and documents when needed to Finns. He remarked, that Finns are already looking/researching for particular twin engine fighter jet, also Mig-29 is like that (twin engine).
Mr. Lavonen explained the grounds and procedures of Finnish fighter-jet acquisition process, telling that Mig-29 has also been part of the commercial and economical comparisons and that Finnish Government will decide about the acquisition by the end of first half of current year.
Piskoppel told, that Russian industry is going through privatization and that it's possible to invest foreign capital to defence equipment industry, even Finnish funds.
After this Piskoppel talked about the organizations that is responsible of selling Russian defence equipment.