Anyone with Russian language knowledge can help to take a look at the IL96 situation? Just read the news that Cubana ordered some new IL96-400 within these years, and the 400T cargo version is also rolling out (albeit in a horrible speed of 1 plane per year)
Il-96-400 as its freight version does not produced in Russia. Their production never starts. And Cubana gets them as special order: some freights will be produced. And have not heard about passenger version. There are some test planes here in Russia, that's all... As far as I know )
http://sdelanounas.ru/blogs/29412/
Here is the news in russian, they says that three Il-96-400 will be convertet from freight to passenger 3-class version for 350 passengers for Cubana.
One more problem is that those Ils should get some foreign engines and avionics....