I'm not privy to the details of the story, but a Soviet delegation arrived in the mid-80s with an 'interest' in licence-production of the ATP. It all fizzled-out and not long afterwards the Il-114 emerged, which seems to be an ATP with a dose of Soviet ruggedness applied. Later '114s even had the same engines.
Edit: oh good, I didn't imagine the entire thing:
http://www.flightglobal.com/FlightPD...20-%201158.PDF
Russia's requirement could be for more than 100 ATPs...