The helicopter carrier type "Mistral" was published in the Bay of Biscay to check
Landing vertolyotny ship dock (Mistral-class helicopter carrier) "Sevastopol" type " Mistral ", built at the shipyards in Saint-Nazaire by order of the Russian Navy, was released in the Bay of Biscay, on the fourth under the account the check is in the sea, said a military-diplomatic source. 1st test out to sea for a duration of one week Mistral-class helicopter carrier-2 "Sevastopol" was performed in March and another in April, and the third in may, told the source, " Interfax ". He has supplemented his words by the fact that the helicopter "Vladivostok" holds its place in the pool of Benoa in Saint-Nazaire. In mid-July in the main staff of the Russian Navy stated that the crews of the 2 amphibious vertretenen ships-docks type "Mistral" ? "Vladivostok" and " Sevastopol ", which was preparing to transfer to the Navy of Russia, disbanded. Before this it was declared that Moscow and Paris has prepared a draft Treaty on the helicopter carrier " Mistral ", the document will be signed after his statement on the level of governments pairs of countries, but as long as it was not. On June 27, French printed illustrated edition Challenges wrote that France is trying to get payment for the "Mistral" is not more than 1 billion euros. Review of the publication, this number will be " easier to operate ", providing explanations of the French community are made large payments under the contract. The contract for production and delivery of 2 helicopter carrier was signed between the French company DCNS and Rosoboronexport in 2011. The price of the contract ? 1, 2 billion euros. 1st ship ? "Vladivostok" ? was obliged to go to the Russian Federation in 2014, the second ? Sevastopol ? in 2015. Against delivery of the vessels made in the USA. Last year Paris at the time stopped the supply ships, for which he received the money, citing his disagreement with the policy of Russia in Ukraine. Opposing political force and the trade unions of France criticized the President of the Fifth Republic for refusing to put Russia "Mistral" alleging pressure from the capital of the USA. The Deputy Chairman of the Board of the Military-industrial Commission Oleg Bochkarev said that the issue of transfer of "Mistral" Russia and France is not discussed, the narrative is about the amount of compensation. According to him, Russia will build their own helicopter instead of the French " Mistral ".