Russia and France will break the contract on the "Mistral" in the near future, the source said.
According to a source, the head of the French Republic Francois Hollande has made the initiative an "acceptable" resolution of the situation, which will enable Paris to " save face ", reports Reuters.
however, the head of the French Republic Francois Hollande after talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin, which took place on the last working day of the week in Yerevan, said that a decision on the helicopter carrier type "Mistral" is not accepted. First, a diplomatic source in the capital of Russia said that the Russian Federation considers acceptable option refund France prepayment for the "Mistral" in the amount of 1, 5 billion euros. Before this British print edition of the Times said that in case of breach of contract on the supplies built for the Russian Federation of 2 helicopter carrier "Mistral" Paris will be obligated to pay to Moscow 1 billion pounds (1, 5 billion). On Wednesday, French leader Francois Hollande said that if the "Mistral" will not be delivered to Russia, the money for them will be returned. He has supplemented his words by the fact that the theme of "Mistral" will be one of the points of his talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin, which will be held on the last working day of the week in Yerevan. April 16, Putin said that Moscow will not require from Paris payments penalties and exorbitant fines for non-delivery of helicopter carrier type " Mistral ", but hopes that the French government will reimburse Russia costs. Remember, 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.

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