Post Georgian Consequences for An-124?

There's an interesting take on Russian/Ukrainian cooperation in an article today on the Flight Global site where the implications for further investment in the Russian Air Force is considered including strategic airlift assets such as the An-124 following the experiences of the recent sabre rattling over Georgia.

While the tale in the civil field reported from time to time on this site is about the efforts to restart An-124 production at Ulyanovsk in Russia which is strongly promoted by Volga Dnepr, the military argument is that the political divergence between Moscow and Kiev would count out such cooperation.

It is interesting to see an argument around the efficiencies of volume production and cooperation that often permeates the European/UK/American arms industry being repeated as the countries of the former Soviet Union continue to try to find a political equilibrium.