Not an obvious choice, but on the other hand not a complete jump in the dark. A lot of SSJ100 equipment is from western (even European) partners. For the engines, for example:
- The Customer Support Center (CSC) is based in France
- Distribution Centers (to date, two in France and one in Russia) supplying all spare parts.
- MRO Centers (to date, one in France and one in Russia).
- Customer staff training, with two complete training centers, in France and Russia.
From the ANR base that's 5 - 6 hrs by car (the distributioncenter in France, that is :-) )