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Around 15 documents worth over $10 billion are expected to be signed during the visit, including a nuclear cooperation agreement on the construction of new power units at the Kudankulam nuclear power plant in southern India.

Putin and his Indian counterpart Manmohan Singh will also sign a number of military contracts, including an additional contract for the upgrade and retrofitting of the Admiral Gorshkov (INS Vikramaditya) aircraft carrier and a deal on delivery of MiG-29K/KUB carrier-based fighters.

Further agreements will include a fifth generation fighter aircraft project and work on a multi-role transport aircraft.

India has a long history of defense ties with Moscow. The current cooperation program comprises about 200 joint projects, including the transfer of technology for the licensed assembly of T-90 tanks in India, the production of BrahMos missiles and the purchase of Smerch MLRS by India.

By signing the deals the two states expect to boost

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