This is one of the images from the link you posted:

This craft is a "THERMOPLANE":
Looking like a flying saucer which has just captured a Mil Mi2 Fuselage, the ALA-40 was a 'proof of concept' design by Aviastar at Ulyanovsk, Russia. The program began in 1985, proceeding under chief designer Yuri Ishkov, and a prototype was ready in 1992.
Read more here:
www.unrealaircraft.com...


