Windfalls After the Storm
The Sukhoi counter-trade deal is forging ahead.
July 29, 2003
LAST April, Benny Soetrisno's shoulders shivered against the cold weather in Moscow. Occasionally, the textile entrepreneur glanced worriedly at his wristwatch: it was way past 1am. Meanwhile, intense negotiations on the counter-trade deal to purchase Sukhoi planes were proceeding on the second floor of the Mezhdunarodnaya International Hotel. Aside from Benny, also present at the lobby of the five-star hotel were Murdaya Poo and more than a dozen
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