Another portion of the US anti-Russian sanctions concerns aircraft engine building.

Nine enterprises of the aviation industry fell under the sanctions announced by the US Department of Commerce: MiG Corporation, Sukhoi Civil Aircraft JSC, Sukhoi Company, Tupolev, Irkut Corporation, Kazan Helicopter Plant, Komsomolsk-on-Amur Aviation Plant named after Yu.A.

Gagarin, Taganrog Aviation Scientific and Technical Complex named after G.M.

Berieva, United Aircraft Corporation. 

And shortly before that, successful flight tests of the MS-21 passenger aircraft took place, equipped not with American Pratt & Whitney engines, as was the case in the first version of the machine, but with domestic PD-14.

The premiere of the Russian aircraft engine aroused a feeling of deep satisfaction among those involved, especially since in connection with the tests it was told about a whole line of Perm aircraft engines, which are waiting for their turn in the spring.

Less powerful PD-8 will be installed on narrow-body An-148, SSJ-100 and amphibians Be-200, PD-35 - on long-haul Il-96 and CR929 (joint Russian-Chinese development).

The Il-114 regional turboprop aircraft was also tested with the new TV7-117ST-01 engine.

And the fact that dependence on the products of Ukrainian factories "Motor Sich" due to the import substitution program is a thing of the past, it was reported even earlier.

All this means, on the one hand, the creation in Russia of new high-tech industries (the latest aircraft engine is a serious thing, screwdriver assembly is not enough here) and jobs.

On the other hand - getting rid (at least reducing) dependence on the supply of imported units and reducing sanctions risks.

Naturally, therefore, what happened next was like in a folk game.

Girls from the government of the Russian Federation: "And we sowed millet, sowed".

- Guys from the US administration: "And we will trample millet, trample".

Which is quite logical.

After Secretary of State Pompeo - not just some quacker from NYT, but a respectable man - openly declared Russia an enemy of the United States, what would you do with the success of the enemy in such an important industry as aircraft engine building?

- Hastily press.

Moreover, the US authorities "came to the conclusion that these organizations (now under sanctions) create an unacceptable risk of military use of these technologies." 

And you won't mind.

Almost any civilian aircraft can be used by the military as well.

For example, for transportation purposes.

The motors are the same, but the cargo is not civilian at all.

Let us recall the "heavenly slug" U-2.

It seems to be "Russian plywood", but they also found military use in the Stalinist USSR.

Moreover.

The ability to build modern aircraft engines means significant progress in general manufacturing skills.

What skills can be used to create purely military products. 

Finally, an increase in import independence even in a purely civilian sphere, all the more so important as the construction of aircraft, reduces the ability to drag and not let go.

Opportunities that the US administration values ​​so much.

But if the calmness of our borders breathes in each propeller, then naturally our partner (or now an open enemy - you can't figure it out) make this breathing as difficult as possible.

À la guerre comme à la guerre.

And you can always think of lofty reasons.

Or even do without them altogether. 

So to be offended by the enemy for behaving like an enemy is even strange.

How else would you order him to behave? 

In this whole story, something else is instructive.

Russia - and not unreasonably, we are talking about this ourselves - is blamed for its technical backwardness.

But now - and as if for the first time - Russia is taking a step forward in order to overcome its backwardness and advance into the ranks of advanced states.

After that, our partners, instead of welcoming Russia's progress on the path of progress, begin to convulsively press it.

Probably, in the understanding of partners, progress in relation to Russia means barbershops and electric scooters - this is possible, this is commendable.

But your own aviation industry is not possible, it is unlawful. 

Thanks for clarifying.

The author's point of view may not coincide with the position of the editorial board.