| BUSINESSWEEK ONLINE : JUNE 14, 1999 ISSUE | ||||||||
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| INTERNATIONAL -- EUROPEAN BUSINESS
The Sorry State of Russia's Defense Industry -- Arms exports, almost half from aircraft, fell to $2.9 billion last year, down 26% since 1996 -- Military R&D spending is only a fraction of what it was before the Soviet Union collapsed in 1991 -- Short on government and export orders, Russia's 1,700 semiprivatized defense companies need to consolidate to survive DATA: BUSINESS WEEK _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ |
RELATED ITEMS They're Strangling Russia's Golden Goose (int'l edition) TABLE: The Sorry State of Russia's Defense Industry INTERACT E-Mail to Business Week Online | |||||||