France is traded for the "Mistral"

France traded for each nut "Mistral". Paris insists on reducing payments to the Russian side for the undelivered helicopter, the deal power explains its own costs.

The French authorities prolong negotiations with the Russian Federation on the termination of the contract for the supply of helicopter carrier type "Mistral" in consequence of selfish reasons. Paris wants to pay for his breach of contract as little as possible cash, because bargaining over each nut, izyashnaya it's own expenses on the maintenance of military ships.

"France had received 840 million euros. Around this amount of dialogue. Paris wants to minimize it, citing the deal's own costs. We are trying to raise it for the same reasons, but not dramatically," quoted anonymous high-ranking source in the sphere of military-technical cooperation, "Interfax".

In addition, according to the source, Moscow and Paris there is still some controversy is relatively the termination of the contract for the supply of vertoletonostsa. This is due to the wish of France to solve the problem of reexport of "Mistral" in third countries. "Russia is considered the owner of an end-user certificate, and has every legal reason to prohibit the implementation of the "Mistral" other States", said the informant.

But, according to his statement, despite the resulting problems, the negotiations are proceeding in a constructive way and there is every reason for the parties to reach a mutually acceptable compromise. "The General tone of the conversation positive, no one wants to aggravate the situation," said the adept of military-technical cooperation.

Days.Roux wrote that Paris irrevocably decided that is not going to give Mistral Moscow, and prepared proposals for breach of contract. Offers foreign country meant the return of Russia, about 785 million euros, which Russia will be able to obtain only after issuance of a written permission to implement the ships to any third party without any reservations.

The Russian defense Ministry on such amount did not agree. According to reliable information of the Russian Ministry, "losses and expenses" incurred by Russian organizations in connection with the construction and maintenance of the helicopter, reached 1,163 billion euros.

Remember that Rosoboronexport and the French company DCNS signed a contract for the construction of 2 helicopter carrier in early June 2011. Delivery of the first of them was to be held in early November 2014, but this did not happen.

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