MIG warplanes in demand

The Russian warplane manufacturer, MIG, has reported a big increase in business over the past year.

The company's general director, Nikolai Niktin, told the Tass news agency that MIG was now working on military contracts worth more than $900m.

He said there had been two years of intensive marketing, with the main focus on selling MIG-29 jet fighters.

This had now paid off and the number of countries that were clients for the plane had doubled from six to 12.

From the newsroom of the BBC World Service