Washington (UPI) Jan 26, 2009 – “We expect the plane to take to the skies no later than the end of this year,” Ivanov announced. He was speaking following a meeting of the Russian government’s Military-Industrial Commission in Moscow. “Admiral Chabanenko urgently left the Baltiisk naval base on Jan. 20 after receiving orders for a mission of state importance,” Kaliningrad shipyard spokesman Sergei Mikhailov told the news agency.