Russia Vanishes From Asia’s Biggest Airshows as Its Arms Export Industry Shrinks

“What we are seeing is not a strategic pivot away from Asia, but a forced reallocation under severe structural constraints,” said Francesco Schiavi, a research fellow at the Middle East Institute Switzerland. “Russia’s absence from these key shows reflects the shrinking, regionalized, and increasingly concentrated nature of its arms-export profile—trends that have been sharply accelerated by the war in Ukraine.”