I would also contend that the Russians haven’t bought any new MiGs primarily because the new MiGs aren’t worth buying. From the initial Mig-29K to the Mig-35, they’ve all been mostly promises and dead ends. The Russian air force is too smart to buy any of the endless cavalcade of warmed over Mig-29 variants, even if other air forces aren’t. Algeria has wizened up though.

WOWSERS!! am I in agreement with Victor?- I would contend sort of.
Even if the RuAF put out a tender for a light-fighter in a decade’s time MiG would be utterly foolish to put forward the LMFS- which is essentially a single-engined 1.44 rehash. It would have to be a completely brand-new, clean-sheet design (maybe 6th Gen.?), of which MiG would be project leader under OAK (if it wins), which would guarantee the Kremlin’s darling Sukhoi a significant workshare.
Incidently, Sukhoi is developing the all composite wing for MS-21.

I see no problem with an all heavyweight RuAF. The ‘point-defence’ ethos of MiG-29 class is largely redundant.

Sorry to be a party pooper again – but the Berkut has no bomb bay – just fairing demonstrators and an internal launch test mechanism.

You’re probably right RSM55, so you’re saying the ‘bay’ is only as deep as the fairing itself. That would make for an ultra-compact internal launch test mechanism, with no room for test missiles? so what would they use- dead weight? but what use would that be for high speed release testing of munitions’ aerodynamics, boundry layer etc.etc.

PAK-FA round-up, and MiG’s LMFS refuses to die:

http://www.ato.ru/rus/cis/archive/20-2008/def/def3/