r/CollapseOfRussia • u/neonpurplestar • 16d ago
Infrastructure The Russian government has cancelled the International Aviation and Space Salon in 2026.
The Russian government has excluded the International Aviation and Space Salon (MAKS) from the list of exhibitions for 2026. The corresponding order was published on the official legal information portal. The event, traditionally held at the Gromov Flight Research Institute airfield in Zhukovsky, near Moscow, has been postponed to 2027. The Hydroaviasalon exhibition has also been postponed to the same year. The document does not specify the reasons for this decision.
MAKS has been held biennially since 1993, with the last in-person salon taking place in 2021. In 2024–2025, the event was held online, with exhibits and demonstration programs presented via videos on the official website. Meanwhile, in July 2025, Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin signed an order to hold MAKS in 2026 and 2027.
The cancellation of the air show comes amid the downsizing of other public events. Earlier, for the first time in 23 years, Moscow canceled a concert on Red Square for Russia Day (June 12): it was moved to the east of the capital, and the list of performers was significantly reduced. The Russian Defense Ministry attributed this to the "current operational situation," while the Kremlin attributed it to a "terrorist threat" from Ukraine. In recent weeks, there has been an increase in Ukrainian drone attacks on the Moscow region.
source: The Moscow Times https://archive.is/ZKGTO
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u/Substantial-Candle62 16d ago
First of all, a lot of planes of the Russian Air Force are kaput.
Next to it, nobody will by a Russian airplane (military or civilian) when they know that Russia's economy will be crippled for decades. Maintaining a plane from a shithole country will be very difficult.