Russian training ship " Smolny " with the crew of the helicopter carrier " Vladivostok " and " Sevastopol " left the French port of Saint-Nazaire and should in Kronstadt, said a source in the General staff of the Russian Navy.
" Today at 12. 00 more than 400 Russian sailors from part 2 crews destined for the Russian Federation of helicopter carrier type " Mistral " on the ship " Smolny " out at sea course at Kronstadt, " said the source, quoted by TASS. On Wednesday in the organization DCNS said that the Russian crew will abandon ship " Vladivostok ", which the sailors were trained before the new year holidays. Later a high-ranking source in the construction industry said that the construction of infrastructure for the helicopter carrier type " Mistral " in the far East did not stop, despite the delay of execution of the contract. France builds on the order of two Mistral. One of the helicopter carrier is ready for transfer, but France has suspended the supply of provisions in Ukraine. In the case of final refusal to supply Moscow two Mistral France will have to pay Russia for about 3 billion euros. Russia has already prepared all the documents for submission to the court of France. Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Rogozin stated that after the situation with helicopter carrier type " Mistral " Russia will not buy ready-made military equipment abroad. Yesterday the Minister of foreign Affairs of Russia S. Lavrov Century said that the transfer of Russia " Mistela " is a question of the dignity of the French nation and the issue of signed valid contract.


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