The People's Movement Against Nuclear Energy, which spearheaded the movement against the Kudankulam Nuclear Plant, has strongly objected to the visit of Russian President Vladimir Putin, who is arriving in India on Monday.
The agitators based in Tamil Nadu have alleged that the Russian government has been interfering in India's internal affairs and causing economic loss to people.
PMANE convener S P Udayakumar said that the Russian Ambassador to India Alexander M Kadakin has been interfering in the internal affairs of the country by making unwanted statements and unacceptable comments on our energy policy and development policy.
PMANE said, "The Russian government made a $1-billion deal in 2008 to upgrade the Indian Air Force's fleet of 63 MiG-29s and they should have begun delivering the planes in 2010."
"But Russia has just delivered three fighter aircrafts after a delay of three years. The IAF has lost at least 116 MiG aircraft to crashes (not including those lost in combat), with 81 of those occurring since 1990; and MiG-21 has come to be referred to as a 'flying coffin' in
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the IAF."