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Russian Military Electronics Supplier Faces Shutdown Over Underpriced State Contracts
Optron-Stavropol, a supplier of power semiconductors for MiG, Sukhoi and Tupolev aircraft, as well as the next-generation MC-21 airliner, halted operations...
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