Russian President Boris Yeltsin sits in a MIG-29 aircraft and receives explanations from Valeri Novikov, head of Mapo-Mig company, which produces the aircraft, during the opening of the third international Aerospace salon MAKS-97 in Zhukovsky outside Moscow August 19. Russia, one of the world's biggest arms and warplane traders, wants the Zhukovsky salon to become one of the key international events in the lucrative business.

RUSSIA AIR SHOW