#Russian aircraft must successfully compete with foreign ones; the groundwork for this is in place, says #Putin. Russia will do everything possible to ensure its carriers fly domestically produced aircraft; orders for aircraft are enormous. Putin called the new Russian MS-21, SSJ-100, and Il-114 aircraft very good. Russia was forced to, and succeeded in, completely import-substituting all its aircraft. In many respects, Russian aircraft have surpassed their Western counterparts