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The Times of India
November 20, 2003
INDIA DESPERATELY SEEKING GORSHKOV
Rajat Pandit
NEW DELHI: When Russian defence minister Sergei Ivanov visits India later this month, the Admiral Gorshkov deal may finally come through.
After several twists and turns during hard-nosed price negotiations over the partly-burnt decommissioned Russian aircraft carrier, a meeting ground seems to have been reached between India and Russia.
If the deal happens during Ivanov's visit from November 26-28, it will be yet another mega defence deal to be finalised in the run-up to the general elections next year.
Despite some raised eyebrows, defence ministry officials say many deals, after being in the pipeline for years, are being finalised to meet the armed forces' operational requirements.
The Admiral Gorshkov package deal includes three components. One, the cost of the refit of the 44,570-tonne carrier berthed at Severodvinsk shipyard in Russia for over a decade now.
Two, the purchase of 16 to 24 MiG-29Ks and four to six anti-submarine and early-warning Kamov helicopters to arm the carrier.
And three, India's plan to lease TU-22m3 long-range strategic bombers and Akula-class nuclear submarines from Russia.
The wrangle was basically over the ''exorbitant'' price being asked by Russia for overhauling the carrier, which includes a bow ski-jump take-off ramp for the MiG-29Ks, modern weapon systems and new boilers.
Sources, however, say the price for the refit has now been agreed to be in the region of $ 650-700 million.
Russia had initially begun negotiations with a staggering $ 1 billion demand for the refit job. India, in turn, only agreed to pay $ 450-500 million.
''The days of Soviet friendship prices are over. It's purely commercial now and the Russians bargain very hard to get the price they want,'' said a source.
The Navy is keen on an early conclusion of the Admiral Gorshkov deal since its solitary carrier INS Viraat has a residual life of only five to six years left and it will take at least three years for the Russian ship to become combat-ready.
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