Citing a report of August 11, 2015, in the Moscow-based Vedomosti, the WantChina Times said that China will have to pay double what the Russian Air Force pays to purchase the Su-35 fighter. It said that a contract for a new batch of Su-35 multirole air superiority fighters for the Russian Air Force was to be signed between the Moscow-based United Aircraft Corporation and Russia's Defense Ministry at the opening ceremony of the Russian Worldwide Air Show, or MAKS 2015, on August 25, 2015. The total price for the 48 fighters will be US$1.58 billion.