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Le Bourget , France, June 20 (Interfax-AVN) - The 49th Paris Air Show is opening in Le Bourget, France, on Monday, in which the leading Russian aircraft and space firms will participate.

Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, who will be in France on a working visit on June 20-21, will attend, the government press service reported.

"Fifty-nine Russian organizations will take part, and 29 of them will showcase military products," the Federal Military-Technical Cooperation Service told Interfax-AVN.

Over 140 civil and military aircraft will be displayed, most of which will be seen in demonstration flights, including the Russian amphibious Beriev Be-200 plane and the Sukhoi Superjet 100 passenger plane, it said.

The United Aircraft Corporation will demonstrate the projects of the Sukhoi Su-35, MIG-35 and MIG-29K warplanes. The companies Irkut, Tupolev and Ilyushin will be among the participants, too. The delegation of Russian aircraft construction firms is led by UAC President Mikhail Pogosyan.

The most advanced helicopters will be demonstrated by Russian Helicopters.

The Russian space agency Roscosmos will be represented by ten companies, including the rocket-space corporation Energia, the Khrunichev space center, the Center for Land-Based Space Infrastructure and other firms. A mock-up of the launch pad for the Soyuz-ST carrier rocket in French Guiana will be on display.

The Russian delegation will be led by Federal Military-Technical Cooperation Service Director Mikhail Dmitriyev.

The air show in Le Bourget is one of the largest and most prestigious specialized air shows. It has been held once in two years since 1909. About 200,000 people are expected to visit the air show this year.