Prime Minister Vladimir Putin opened Russia's largest and most important International Aviation and Space Show Tuesday. Putin promised that the government will continue to earmark significant resources to upgrade the nation's aerospace industries and help them extend their share of the global market, according to a report of The Associated Press. «The development of aviation and space industries is one of our priorities,» he said. «We are pinning our hopes for diversification of the national economy and expansion of its high-tech sector on them.»
