Paris Moscow listed billion for the "Mistral"
Paris Moscow listed for non-delivery of "Mistral" more than 1 billion euros. All financial matters for the helicopter, which France refused to supply Russia, settled.
France and Russia have settled all issues on the helicopter carrier "Mistral". Paris for non-delivery of military equipment to Moscow listed more than 1 billion euros.
"Cash is fully transferred to the Russian side is more than billion euros", - quoted a military-diplomatic informant "Interfax". An informed source reported that this amount includes not only the advance payments that have been transferred to the construction of "Mistral", but also related costs associated with the preparation of the crews of the ships and installing them Russian equipment.
Days.Roux wrote that the Russian President Vladimir Putin and his French officer Francois Hollande at the beginning of August adopted a joint decision on the termination of the contract for construction and supply of 2 landing helicopter ship docks on the similarity of "Mistral", signed in early June 2011. Final agreement on the breach of contract for the supply of helicopter carrier were achieved during the talks, Russian Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Rogozin and the Secretary-General for defence and national security of France, Louis Gauthier.
The main issue was the amount that Paris should return Moscow. The Russian side considered its own costs in 1,163 billion Euro 892,9 million euros as an advance payment also cash spent on crew training, building the infrastructure for basing helicopter and work on the creation of 4 prototypes deck helicopter Ka-52K.
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