Delay supply of the Russian ship Mistral can cost France 1 billion euros, said the European media.
As underlined by the portal EUobserver, " warship had to be delivered in October, But the timing postponed to November due to international pressure on the Russian Federation " in connection with the conflict in Ukraine, ITAR-TASS reported. Remember, on Wednesday the Elysee Palace spread the message Hollande about the fact that, focusing on what is happening in Ukraine, " rules for France approved the delivery of the first helicopter carrier, today has not been established." On the same day a French diplomatic source said that at the beginning of the week Paris adopted a conclusion on suspension of the contract " Mistress " until November. Later, however, the Elysee Palace said that the words Hollande's only expressing his position, and legally delivery to the Russian Federation of the first vehicle is not suspended. Later, the Deputy Russian defense Minister Yury Borisov said that his Ministry had not received from France official notice of the breach of contract " Mistress ". The contract for the development of 2 helicopter carrier is 1, 66 billion dollars and allows France to provide work for about a thousand people. Despite this, foreign Minister Laurent Fabius admitted that a contract for the sale of vessels has the ability to be terminated.

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