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22 of May, 14:33

Named the estimated life of the contract on the " Mistral "
In the Russian capital hoping to reach an agreement with Paris about the life built for Russia's helicopter carrier type "Mistral" in the upcoming week, said on the last working day of the week a high-ranking source in the sphere of military-technical cooperation.




"Paris did not respond to the official request of the Russian capital. Anyway, the meeting continues, and the parties expect to reach a mutually acceptable solution in the upcoming week, "- said the source RIA " Novosti ". 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. Last Friday, the President's press Secretary Dmitry Peskov said that the situation with the "Mistral" Moscow adheres to the principle of " goods or money ", which was recorded at the meeting of Russian President Vladimir Putin and French leader Francois Hollande. Prior to that, sources said that France made a proposal to Russia to terminate the contract for production and delivery of 2 helicopter carrier type "Mistral" for 785 million euros.

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