UPDATE 1-Medvedev raps Russia shipmaker over late India deal
* Medvedev lambasts shipbuilder for late delivery to India
* Sevmash cites higher costs, technology problems
* Medvedev says Russia must modernise its navy by 2020
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By Denis Dyomkin
SEVERODVINSK, Russia, July 2 (Reuters) - President Dmitry Medvedev on Thursday lashed out at Russian shipbuilder Sevmash for delays on a landmark contract with India, traditionally a close trading partner.
Arms exports, which exceeded $8 billion last year, are a key source of revenue for Russia. India and China account for the bulk of Russia's defence industry sales.
In a $1.6 billion deal signed in 2004, Russia was to modernise the Admiral Gorshkov at Sevmash, in the northern port of Severodvinsk, and deliver the aircraft carrier by 2008. Continued...
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