The transaction Russian-French military depends for political leadership
The transaction Russian-French military depends for political leadership (media)
Helicopter carrier
15:37 05/11/2009
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MOSCOW, November 5 - RIA Novosti
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The question of the purchase by the Russian fleet's carrier attack helicopters French Mistral could be resolved during the visit of Vladimir Putin in France scheduled for late November. The ship will arrive in Saint Petersburg to be studied, we read in Thursday's daily Vedomosti.
A source from the Russian Ministry of Defense, the convenience of Russian arms to the ship will be checked during the visit of Mistral Saint Petersburg (around November 15): It is anticipated that a helicopter Ka-52 arises on its deck. Deputy Chief of Staff of the Russian Navy Oleg Bourtsev said that during this visit the ship would be considered by the Russian military who are about to buy one in France and construct four sub license in Russia.
This visit will, in fact, the opportunity to read the largest ship that Russia intends to purchase for cash. This will happen two weeks before the political negotiations in France where the project will be approved at the highest level, is clearly classified as premature, said a caller daily Vedomosti.
According to the editor of the newsletter Strategic Military TTU French Arnaud Kalika, during Putin's visit, we will know if the transaction is approved or not by the Russian and French leaders: what services and the French company that builds public DCNS these vessels, waiting is a political impetus. It is the same in Russia, says a source at the Russian Ministry of Defense.
Experts still doubt the need to buy a ship too expensive. The total project cost will exceed one billion euros, said the expert from the Center for Analysis of Strategies and Technologies Konstantin Makiyenko. He could spend the money to meet more urgent needs: for example, thermal sights to equip all cars that are not removed during the military reform.
The director general of Rosoboronexport (Russian agency responsible for export of Russian arms) Anatoli Issaïkine said last week that the interim government had not yet received orders to begin negotiations on the purchase of the French ship. However, says the source close to the Ministry of Defense, the transaction may be concluded without intermediary, as was the case with the Israeli company IAI to supply UAVs for the Army.
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