The evening attraction in Saint-Nazaire this summer is watching Russian sailors practise their marching drill along the quayside. Some 400 Russian ratings are living in the western French port, awaiting delivery of their controversial new command-and-control ship, the Vladivostok.
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Russian sailors look through the porthole as they arrive aboard the Smolniy on June 30, 2014 in Saint-Nazaire, western France.
