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Russian state news agency Tass:Apparently the organizers were told that the air show was not allowed to take place for safety reasons
and they decided to cancel the entire fair.
But if you look at the list of participants on May 2,
the field is relatively limited to local Russian companies and those from some friendly countries such as Iran and China.
The limited participation in the largest Russian aviation fair
will probably also have played a role in the decision to cancel it at the planned time in July 2023.
Because of the sanctions, no Western airline companies participated in this fair.
If we rewind two weeks when HeliRussia 2023 (from 18 to 20 May) took place in Moscow,
it has become an almost local fair.
The list of participants is almost exclusively filled with Russian companies.
https://tass.com/society/1622501
Another Russian state news agency:The 16th International Aviation and Space Salon MAKS-2023
was to be held in Zhukovsky in the Moscow Region on July 25-30, 2023
MOSCOW, May 24. /TASS/. The MAKS aerospace show, which is held in the city of Zhukovsky outside Moscow,
has been cancelled,
a source at the organizing committee told TASS on Wednesday.
"MAKS will not take place this year. It is scheduled for 2024,"
the source said adding that the final decision would be approved on Thursday, May 25.
"Yes, MAKS-2023 will not take place, preparations for the flight program have already been cancelled,"
another source close to the organizers told TASS.
https://sputnikglobe.com/20230525/maks- ... 75845.html
Derk Sauer's Moscow Times:
https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2023/05/ ... rts-a81301
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Moscow_TimesCanceled MAKS Air Show Made Obsolete by War, Sanctions – Experts
Amid reports this week that Russia has canceled its biggest air show,
experts told The Moscow Times that there was little point in holding the International Air and Space Salon (MAKS)
because the war in Ukraine and Western sanctions mean there will be so few foreign buyers present.
The apparent cancellation of MAKS, a biennial event that began in 1993 and which usually attracted hundreds of thousands of visitors,
makes it yet another major public event in Russia
to be scrapped, postponed or scaled down because of the fallout from the Ukraine war.
While the organizers — defense conglomerate Rostec and Russia's Industry and Trade Ministry —
have yet to confirm MAKS is not taking place,
media reports suggested it would not go ahead because of concerns about possible drone attacks as well as a lack of foreign visitors.
In addition, the Russian Air Force’s commitments in the ongoing fighting in Ukraine mean
that the offerings at the air show — if it had gone ahead — would have been meager.
“When it comes to military aviation — the battlefield is now a platform for its display,” said aviation expert Roman Gusarov.
“As for the civilian sector — we more or less have nothing to show.”
Even before the cancellation,
guests from only five countries — all with close relations with the Kremlin were expected to attend —
India, Iran, China, Serbia and Belarus.
In 2022, its headquarters were relocated to Amsterdam in the Netherlands
in response to restrictive media laws passed in Russia after the invasion of Ukraine.
The website was later banned in Russia.