President Francois Hollande has not yet decided whether Mistral sail to Russia , photo
At the beginning of September, France announced that it would suspend until November to provide first Mistral Russia because of Moscow’s actions in Ukraine. On the sidelines of the NATO summit in Wales, President Francois Hollande said that the contract for delivery of two Mistral Russia has not been broken or suspended, but not ripe conditions for planned for October delivery of the first ship.
Hollande explained that the terms of the transfer of Russian warships are truce and a political solution to the Ukraine.
After lengthy negotiations, Russia and France signed in June 2011 a contract for the purchase of two Mistral amphibious assault ships for the Navy of the Russian Federation. The transaction value is estimated at over one billion euros. It was the first major contract signed by Moscow to import weapons from the collapse of the Soviet Union.
intergovernmental agreement to sell Russia Mistral warships involved four ships, two of which were to be built in Russia. This option, however, was questioned in December 2012 by the Russian Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Rogozin, the former permanent representative of Russia to NATO.
Some NATO allies France had reservations on the issue, criticizing the provision of modern technology arms of Moscow, which could be used against its post-communist neighbors. These fears have increased after the Russian military action against Georgia in 2008.
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Mistral-class amphibious assault ship is a French project, implemented since the beginning of the twenty-first century. Until now sail under the flag of France 3 units of this type. Mistral combines features: floating dock, central command and amphibious landing sites for helicopters and hovercraft. Large landing ship Mistral has nearly 24 thousand. tons displacement. The transoceanic flights can transport 40 tanks, 450 soldiers and 16 heavy helicopters.
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