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Russia Confirms Syria Jet Deal
[AFP] The head of Russia's United Aircraft Corporation, Alexei Fedorov, confirmed the existence of a contract for the supply of eight MiG-31 fighter jets to Syria, but said work on the planes had been frozen, the daily Kommersant reported on Thursday. "A few years ago, two contracts were signed: one for MiG-29s and one for MiG-31s," he said, but according to a government official, the contract had been suspended after Damascus could no longer afford the planes.