1st built for the Russian Federation ship " Vladivostok " type " Mistral " Tuesday will be in the sea for the second phase of testing with the participation of Russian sailors.

at the end of June, a group of 400 Russian sailors - two crew arrived in the French city of Saint-Nazaire for management training vessels of type " Mistral ". The thirteenth of September, " Vladivostok " for the First time went to sea with the Russian crew on Board were about 200 citizens of Russia and presumably the same for the French. After almost 10 days of the sailing ship, successfully completing all the tasks, returned to port.

Now the sea is supposed to carry out the second Russian crew.

the contract for manufacture and delivery of two (2) helicopter carrier was concluded between the French firm DCNS and the " Rosoboronexport " in 2011. The contract value is 1, 2 billion euros. The first vessel - " Vladivostok " is obliged to enter into service of the Russian Navy in 2014, the second - " Sevastopol " in 2015. Against delivery of the vessels came from the United States. For its part, in DCNS assured that punishment the US do not have the ability to prevent the construction and the transfer of " Mistela ".

in mid-September, France has threatened Russia to stop for a while the supply of helicopter carrier, linking his solution to the crisis in Ukraine, which, according to the French side, Moscow, Russia participates. Later authorized the Elysee Palace explained Last news that the delivery vehicle is not legally suspended: leader Francois Hollande has only defined their political position, according to which he will not approve the transfer of the vessel in November, if the situation in Ukraine will not improve.

Later, Hollande said that will a conclusion on the transfer of the first Russian Mistral at the end of October. According to him, 2 conditions for delivery of the ship is a real cease-fire in Ukraine, as well as the agreement on a political settlement of the fall.


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