How Russia keeps its fleet of Western jets in the air


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[1/3] FILE PHOTO: A Ural Airlines Airbus A321-200 airplane takes off from the airport in Palma de Mallorca, Spain, July 29, 2018. Picture taken July 29, 2018. REUTERS/Paul Hanna/File Photo/File Photo Acquire Licensing Rights DUBAI, Aug 23 (Reuters) - A Ural Airlines Airbus landed in the Russian city of Yekaterinburg on Nov. 14 last year. Then it remained grounded on the tarmac. Three days later, a spare part crucial for navigation systems with a declared value of over a quarter of a million dollars, made by U.S. company Northrop Grumman (NOC.N), arrived for the jet, Russian customs records show. A...