A troop of 400 Russian sailors have arrived in France to begin training on two helicopter assault ships that Paris has agreed to sell to Moscow despite US calls to halt the sale in response the crisis in Ukraine.
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Financial Times: Russian sailors arrive for training on French-built assault ships
Russian sailors look through the porthole as they arrive aboard the Smolniy on June 30, 2014 in Saint-Nazaire, western France. 400 Russian sailors will be trained on the Vladivostok warship, a Mistral class LHD amphibious vessel ordered by Russia to the STX France shipyard. The Vladivostok warship is one of the two navy ships ordered to France by the Russian army.
