Russia is now focused on fully developing its aviation sector to be independent of the West and the avaition fleet to be almost exclusively Russian made over the next decade although the majority of civilian products from Russia's leading manufacturers are currently in the experimental design phase,...
The aviation industry in the Soviet Union was an important sector and major part of the industrial landscape,so much so there was even a Ministry of the Aviation Industry and the Soviet Union produced its own domestic aircraft in competition to Boeing and others around the world.
By the start of pe...