"France faces a difficult future due to the payment of a penalty for " Mistral "
France may face obstacles when paying Russia penalties in case of nonperformance of the contract for the supply of helicopter carrier Mistral, said Tuesday the Deputy defense Minister Yuri Borisov.
before Tuesday, the head of the French Republic Francois Hollande decided to stop for some time, the supply of the first Russian helicopter type " Mistral " because of the situation in Ukraine. In response to this, the Deputy head of the Russian defense Ministry said Last news that Moscow until will not make a complaint France and waits for the execution of the contract.
" Lost in the 1st turn in now will have to decide whether the French side with the us payment penalties, refund, and probably they would have to think carefully what to do with these " Mistralian " next, " said Borisov, who is quoted on its Internet office " ".
He noticed that the Russian Federation as the customer has fulfilled all obligations under the contract and will be as civilized country to monitor the situation in strict accordance with the letter of the signed agreements." There is provided in practice everything is possible ", - said the Deputy Minister.
He said that on execution of the state program of armaments failure to deliver " Mistela " will not be affected.
(Mistral) airborne vertolyotny ship dock amphibious assault ship-ship (France). The French classify class ships Mistral as amphibious command ships (b