Suspended because of punishments of the Russian-French project BMP "Atom" can find a partner in the United Arab Emirates, said the General Director of Uralvagonzavod Oleg Sienko.
"We are Russian (option) do, because to rely on someone - it's good, but then respond by themselves. We promote this project uniquely. We looked at what We may, or may not, have seen that you can, "said Sienko, quoted by RIA" Novosti ".



Answering the question about the search for a new partner on this project instead of France, the head of the UVZ said: "With the Arab Emirates, if they will continue to move in the same dynamics and tempo, as We currently do, I think we would have a common product." Remember, in April, the French Company Renault Trucks Defense, a part of the Swedish Volvo group, has announced a temporary halt joint project heavy wheeled IFV " Atom ". In addition to Volvo noted that the Firm suspends cooperation With UVZ, fearing that the Swedish government can veto the project in connection with the Ukrainian crisis and the annexation of Crimea to Russia. Now Uralvagonzavod fully translates on the Russian BMP components. The fully Russian BMP "Atom" is scheduled for 2015. Uralvagonzavod (UVZ) is a company tank engineering and the largest Russian developer and manufacturer of different types of freight cars, gondola cars, cargo trucks, tank cars. UVZ is 100% owned by the state.

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