Sanctions-hit Russia has requested India for key spare parts to keep its economy running. A wish list of 500 items has been sent to New Delhi according to a Reuters report. These products include parts for cars, aircraft and trains. The report does not mention whether these parts would be used to refit military hardware.
Reuters reported that the list is provisional and it is unclear how many of the items will actually be exported by India and in what quantity.
The wish list runs 14 pages-long. For Russia’s aircraft sector, it has requested 41 items including landing gear components, fuel systems, communication systems, fire extinguishing systems, life jackets, and aviation tires. Russia’s airplanes are predominantly foreign-made and the industry is facing a severe crunch for spare parts as the west has snapped economic links with Moscow following the Ukraine war.