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Russia To Get More Than $1 Billion For Aborted Mistral Deal
Thu Aug 06, 2015 11:53 am
Le Drian said the initial price for the two Mistral helicopter-carrying warships was 1.2 billion euros, but France will actually pay a sum less than that because the ships were unfinished and the contract was suspended.
He added there were no penalties against France within the 2011 contract, which was first postponed in 2014 and then canceled because of Russia's role in the conflict in eastern Ukraine.
Le Drian said several other countries had expressed interest in buying the two warships, which Russian officials had named the Vladivostok and the Sevastopol.......
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He added there were no penalties against France within the 2011 contract, which was first postponed in 2014 and then canceled because of Russia's role in the conflict in eastern Ukraine.
Le Drian said several other countries had expressed interest in buying the two warships, which Russian officials had named the Vladivostok and the Sevastopol.......
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