India to take up issue of aircraft carrier 'Vikramaditya' with Putin in a '

[Darth Vader]

Press Trust of India

New Delhi: The delay in the handing over of aircraft carrier Admiral Gorshkov will be taken up in a "big way" during Russian President Vladimir Putin's visit next month and India may also consider imposing a penalty of around Rs 600 crore over the issue.

Putin was supposed to visit on Friday but has postponed his visit to December 24.

Russia had informed India at the Defence Minister-level talks earlier this month that it would be able to deliver the much-delayed warship only by the end of next year due to malfunctions in its boilers.

"The issue would be taken up in a big way during President Putin's visit and we are also considering the option of imposing liquidity damages up to five per cent of the contract worth over USD 2.3 billion over delays in supply of the warship," a Defence Ministry source said here.

The delivery schedule of the already much-delayed 45,000-tonne warship has slipped further after it encountered engine malfunctions during sea trials in Russia.

After Russia conveyed the new delivery schedule of the aircraft carrier, Defence Minister A K Antony had expressed concern over it and asked all the stakeholders to adopt a wartime approach for ensuring an early delivery of the warship.

The ship, rechristened INS Vikramaditya, was scheduled for commissioning into Indian Navy by December 4 but Russian media reports have suggested that it would now be delivered only in October 2013.

The warship was originally scheduled to join the navy on 2008.

During the visit, India is expected to sign a number of defence deals for procuring 42 Su-30MKIs, 71 Mi-17 V5 choppers, new hypersonic version of the BrahMos missiles.

The government recently cleared several deals with Russia for procuring 25,000 Invar missiles for T-90 tanks and 10,000 Konkurs-M missiles for the Infantry and Mechanised Infantry battalions of the Army.

 

[T90TankGuy]

where is the link mate?

 

[SinoChallenger]

I'll bet anything india doesn't have the balls to "penalize" Russia.

 

[fast]

I'll bet anything india doesn't have the balls to "penalize" Russia.

I bet India has to pay more to get the ship delivered.

 

[sexy gun]

i can see japanese genes at work here

 

[Type 052D]

Must be true.. Russia Snubs India By Postponing Putin’s Visit

 

[faithfulguy]

Must be true.. Russia Snubs India By Postponing Putin’s Visit

Putin is coming to collect more money. Its time for India to count the money for the collector. Otherwise, 2.3 billion dollars down the drain.

 

[Abu Zolfiqar]

i've been hearing about this carrier for almost a decade.....what's the hold up, sons

 

[faithfulguy]

i've been hearing about this carrier for almost a decade.....what's the hold up, sons

When someone is being screwed, the big bad guy would take their time and screw as long as possible

 

[Sashan]

where is the link mate?

Here is the link


India to take up Gorshkov issue with Putin in `big way`

 

[Sashan]

Must be true.. Russia Snubs India By Postponing Putin’s Visit

The snub goes both ways here - Putin is pissed off about the 2G license cancellation for Sistema - a $3.1 billion dollar venture in India as well as Kudankulam plants III and IV being brought under nuclear liability laws where Russia need to cough up significant dollars if there is a nuclear plant calamity though the deal was signed sometime in 1980s without the nuclear liability clause.

For India, it is pissed off due to the INS Vikramaditya delays.

But there is too much at stake for both sides to allow these pin pricks to come in the way of their relationship.

 

[sexy gun]

The snub goes both ways here - Putin is pissed off about the 2G license cancellation for Sistema - a $3.1 billion dollar venture in India as well as Kudankulam plants III and IV being brought under nuclear liability laws where Russia need to cough up significant dollars if there is a nuclear plant calamity though the deal was signed sometime in 1980s without the nuclear liability clause.

For India, it is pissed off due to the INS Vikramaditya delays.

But there is too much at stake for both sides to allow these pin pricks to come in the way of their relationship.

nothing unites like a common enemy

 

[帅的一匹]

As long as India is still on Russia, penalty is never gonna be really imposed. Russua will say give some discount for future military procurement. The most optimistic situation is, Russia let India down easily in irrelevant way not hurting each others interest much, never be in a public way. The main purpose of imposing penalty is to reduce Indian politician stress on this nuisance, which means it is just a pretended gesture never gonna happen.

 

[ahfatzia]

nothing unites like a common enemy

I'm trying to figure out who that common enemy might be.

 

[ironman1]

The question is how much more should India shell out to fix this debacle? If Indians are foolish enough to raise this issue, Putin can respond by saying "this is how much more we want from you. Otherwise, we are keeping the AC." All India can do is pull down the pants and let Russian ram one in one more time.

well in your chinese nursery school , may be your communist govt has appointed ofiicial rammer for you common 50 cents, just like they rammed you in TIANMENN. maybe you can't complain about him because when you hold your pants down , you keep thinking " let's take it, if i complain, the senior chinese official will have a go as well".

nice for your sympathizers too who gave you thanks, they understand your situation "quite" well.