"Kevin Brooks" wrote in message
Significant interest/pressure from the pakistanis, a development
partner, for one. The other factor apparently being that they see a
market for a Mig-21 replacement around the world (though why anyone
would want this turkey for that role is beyond me--replacing sixties
technology in 2010 with seventies technology seems a bit of a
waste...).

I believe there are nation to which neither Russia nor the Western Powers
will sell jet fighters. Pakistan seems one example, Burma and Zimbabwe
two others. China might get something of a captive market.