Crews "Mistela" stuck in the path
The crew of the training ship of the Baltic fleet "Smolny", which should bring a team of helicopter carrier "Vladivostok" and "Sevastopol", stuck in the road. The reason was the difficult weather conditions.

The crew of the training ship of the Baltic fleet "Smolny", which should bring a team of helicopter carrier "Vladivostok" and "Sevastopol", stuck in the road. The reason was the difficult weather conditions.
As a result the crew of the helicopter carrier moved to Kronstadt for a few days later. "Our sailors had to return to Kronstadt already this weekend. But in consequence of the difficult weather conditions on the route of transition "Smolny" their arrival can be moved on 30-31 December, not before," said an anonymous source in the General staff of the Russian Navy.
With all of this, he expressed the hope that the Soviet Union will have time to get to Russia before the new, 2015, year, reports "Interfax". Training ship left Saint-Nazaire December 18. On Board - 400 sailors, who studied management helicopter carrier in the shipyard.
Days.Ru wrote that the French press was told that the sailors celebrate New year in Russia. "400 Russian sailors leave Saint-Nazaire 25 December aboard the training ship "Smolny", where they landed in France on 30 June. The new year they will meet in Russia," wrote the local media. Delivery of the first of 2 of the helicopter carrier "Vladivostok" - was terminated by the President of France Francois Hollande. Then he explained his decision by the fact that the country's implementation of personal obligations under the agreement with the Russian Federation "is not formed the right conditions".
Russia, moreover, stressed that it will suit any decision of the dispute "Mistress" - and delivery, and return of the advance payment together with payment of a penalty under the contract. So, the military-industrial complex powers already beginning the study of analogues of amphibious ships, which, among other things, will meet the latest requirements of the war machines.