MOSCOW, August 6 (RIA Novosti) - Russia...
2008 to raise the refit costs for the aircraft carrier, docked at the Sevmash shipyard in northern Russia for the past 12 years, by up to $600 million.Russia said it was not satisfied with the proposed amount and the issue of the additional funding remains unresolved.
The Times of India newspaper said earlier that the deal had been criticized by India"s Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) that called the ship "junk" in a July report.
"It can be seen that the Indian Navy was acquiring a second-hand refitted aircraft carrier that had half the life span of and was 60 percent more expensive that a new one," said the report.
However, Indian defense minister"s aide Pallam Raji has recently said the Indian authorities are ready to consider Russia"s proposal to raise the price of the deal by $1.2 bln.
Konstantin Makiyenko, deputy director of the Center for Strategic Analysis, a Moscow based think tank, has said that the Indian government will
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