A senior Russian official has indicated that the deal to buy two high-tech French warships has been definitively abandoned. Oleg Bochkarev, the deputy chairman of the Russian Military-Industrial Commission, told media on May 26, in remarks reported by the state-onwed Tass agency: "Russia won't be taking them, that's a fact".
EU Observer: Russia indicates French warship deal is dead
This file picture taken on March 16, 2015 off Saint-Nazaire shows the Sebastopol mistral warship on its way for its first sea trials.
