Rogozin excoriated for abandoning the "Mistral"

Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Rogozin has satisfied discerning reprimand the Deputy Chairman of the Board of the Military-industrial complex Oleg Bochkarev his for his words that Russia has irrevocably renounced the supply of "Mistral".

The French side informed that the issue of the breakup of the Russian-French political agreement and will be addressed at the level of heads of States.

Deputy Chairman of the Board of the Military-industrial complex Oleg Bochkarev gave sensational, but long jamming the assertion that Russia is irrevocably renounced the delivery of "Mistral". According to his statement, with the French party discusses only the amount of compensation.

For Oleg Bochkarev these words turned harsh reprimand from their own specific head - first Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Rogozin, reports "Kommersant". The pretext for it was not only public approval, but actual mistakes.

So, the government in the foreseeable future is not expected to negotiate with Louis Gauthier, representing France. Besides all this, Oleg Bochkarev is responsible to the Board of the military-industrial complex for the supply of equipment for airborne and ground forces, in connection with negotiations on the "Mistral" was not involved.

In connection with the incident Dmitry Rogozin instructed to create rules of communication with the press, according to which his subordinates will be able to provide an explanation only with the personal approval of the Chairman of the Board. Officials in Moscow has not commented on the alleged termination of the contract on the "Mistral".

Official dealer of the company DCNS, which is responsible for the construction of helicopter carriers, Emmanuel the Year noted that he was not allowed to explain the matter before the start of official negotiations about compensation. "We deal only with technical issues, and the question of the breakup of the Russian-French agreement - political," he said.

The Ministry of defence of France added that the fate of "Mistral" depends on powers of the President Francois Hollande. In Eliason Palace information not commented on.

Despite the fact that Moscow and Paris are negotiating using an existing draft document on termination of the contract, the official refusal to supply "Mistral" was not yet. The French side has requested time to think until the end of June, when will be ready the 2nd ship "Sevastopol".

Days.Roux wrote that Paris has decided not to give Moscow helicopter and prepared proposals for breach of contract. They meant a return of 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 the uses of the remarks.

In addition, the Ministry of defense of Russia in such amount not agreed. According to reliable information departments "expenses and costs" incurred by domestic entities 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 erection of 2 helicopter carrier in early June 2011. Delivery of the first of them pledged to be held in November 2014, but this has not happened.

sections: Politics, Accidents