The issue of transfer of "Mistral" Russia and France is not discussed, the narrative is about the amount of compensation, said the Deputy Chairman of the Board of the Military-industrial Commission Oleg Bochkarev.
"The fact that the Russian Federation them ( "Mistral" ) does not raise, the fact was done, and currently only one discussion about the amount of money that must be returned to the Russian Federation ", - quotes Bochkareva news Agency.
Bochkarev added that the special representative of France for the resolution of problems with the landing vertolenosci type "Mistral" Louis Gauthier Tuesday or Wednesday obliged to fly to Russia to discuss the issue, reports RIA " Novosti ". Fifteen of may, 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. The contract for production and delivery of 2 helicopter carrier was signed between the French company DCNS and the "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.

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