A collection of mainly British companies will make hundreds of millions of pounds in revenue from the Kremlin’s plans for a $500 billion roadbuilding program, designed to solve the problem of Russia’s “parlous” infrastructure. Shares in Brazilian and Russian miners are trading at much lower prices than those from Japan and Australia, a disparity that presents a “buying opportunity”. India has signed a $960 million contract with Russia to upgrade the Mig-29 fighter jets inducted into the Indian Air Force in the mid-1980s.