Opinion: Paris does not intend to continue to inflate the situation with the “Mistral” – RIA Novosti

The agreement on the return of the French do not put money in Russian helicopter type “Mistral” will be signed in the near future, said the presidential aide on military-technical cooperation Vladimir Kozhin at the International Maritime Defense Show in St. Petersburg on Thursday, July 2nd. He said that Russia hopes to sign a final document on “Mistral” for a month.

According to the source RIA Novosti, Russia and France have agreed in advance on the amount of the penalty for breaking the deal. The amount has yet to be approved at the governmental level, the source added.

Earlier, the media published evidence that Paris is allegedly ready to return about 800 million euros, Moscow insisted on the 1.1 billion euro.
According to the Euro-Atlantic fellow at the Center for Defense Studies and the Russian Institute of Strategic Studies hopes Uzunov, talks on “Mistral” is an indicator of relations between Russia and France.

“The complexity of the situation is that both sides are on the thin side : quarrel final or not. The story of the “Mistral” – an indicator, on the one hand, the level of relations between Russia and France, on the other hand, France itself, as it can make their own decisions, “- said Nadezhda Uzunov on Radio Sputnik .

According to her, in Russia this protracted history has done a lot to maintain the relationship with France.

“Still, from Paris it was an open unfriendly move – refusal to comply with an order . Russia largely went forward, to seriously complicate relations. France, in principle, too, is interested in maintaining relations, especially since the last time we see the decline glow aggression against Russia on the part of the French media. This indicates that the French side does not intend to inflate the situation “, – the expert believes.

The contract for delivery of two helicopter carriers was signed in 2011. The first ship, named” Vladivostok “, the Russian military had get in the fall of 2014, but Paris suspended the transfer of ships because of the situation in Ukraine. The second helicopter – “Sevastopol” – planned to transfer to Russia in the second half of 2015. But his delivery has also been frozen. Moscow has repeatedly stressed that it will suit any option – or ships, or the money.