Putin to attend MAKS-2017 airshow

Russian President Vladimir Putin will visit International Aviation and Space Salon MAKS-2017 on July 18.

He will tour exhibition stands to see production models, prototypes and pre-prototypes and developments by Russian and foreign aerospace companies, and will chair a working meeting on civil aviation development, the Kremlin press service said.

International Aviation and Space Salon MAKS was established 25 years ago when the MAKS Air Show was first held in Zhukovsky, the Moscow Region.

Some 700 Russian and 180 foreign corporations and companies from 36 countries will take part in MAKS-2017.