The signal helicopter " Sevastopol ", built in France for the Russian Navy, appeared in the automatic identification system, AIS, maybe the ship is ready to sail.
As can be seen from the AIS data, available online, in the "Sevastopol" identified under the French flag and placed in the pool of Benoa, five hundred yards from the landing vertoletnogo ship "Vladivostok", the first Mistral, built for the Navy of the Russian Federation in France, informs RIA " Novosti ". The AIS system is used in navigation to identify ships, their size, heading and other data using radio waves. The inclusion of this system in the "Sevastopol" may indicate his readiness to put to sea. France built by the order of Russia two Mistral. One of the helicopter carrier is ready for transfer, but France has suspended the supply of provisions in Ukraine. In the case of final refusal to supply Moscow two Mistral France will have to pay Russia for about 3 billion euros. Russia has already prepared all the documents for submission to the court of France. As said defense Minister Sergei Shoigu, paid by France compensation for breach of contract will be sent to the program of rearmament of the Russian army. At the same time, according to the editor of "national defense" Igor Korotchenko, a political decision of the leadership of France provided for in the contract at Mistral in the form of force majeure releasing the French side from the payment of any penalties.


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