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Russia starts delivery of MiG-29 fighter jets to Serbia By Associated Press 2 minutes _____ FILE - In this April 6, 2016 file photo, Yugoslav-made Galeb-4 (Seagull-4) multi-purpose jet stands on the tarmac at the military airport Batajnica, near Belgrade, Serbia. Russia has started the delivery of six MiG-29 fighter jets to Serbia in what could worsen tensions with neighboring states and trigger an arms race in the war-weary Balkan region. (Darko Vojinovic, File/Associated Press) By Associated Press October 2 at 1:00 PM BELGRADE, Serbia — Russia has started the delivery of six MiG-29 fighter jets to Serbia, a move that could worsen tensions with neighboring states. Serbian media say that two of the warplanes were transported, disassembled, on a Russian cargo plane that landed at a military airport near Belgrade on Monday afternoon. All six are to arrive by the end of this week. Moscow is handing over the MiGs for free, but it is estimated that the overhaul of the secondhand aircraft will cost Serbia some 200 million euros ($235 million.) Serbia has been on the path to join the European Union, but under political and propaganda pressure from Moscow has steadily slid toward the Kremlin and its goal of keeping the countries in the Balkan region out of NATO and other Western bodies. Copyright 2017 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "serbia" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/serbia. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
