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Volga Wants Czech Planes

The presidential envoy to the Volga Federal District, Mikhail Babich, wants the region to start producing Czech L-410 regional aircraft, Vedomosti reported.

Babich proposed setting up a work group in a letter to the Industry and Trade Ministry and Andrei Kozitsin, CEO of Ural Mining and Metallurgical Company, which owns the Czech manufacturer of the planes.

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