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Marc Pierini: Why France should not deliver the Mistral ships to Russia
A picture taken on Sept. 7, 2014 in Saint-Nazaire, western France, shows the Vladivostok warship, a Mistral class LHD amphibious vessel ordered by Russia to the STX France shipyard.
When he entered office, French President François Hollande inherited a contract with Russia worth 1.2 billion euro ($1.5 billion) for the sale of two Mistral-class amphibious assault ships. In the wake of Russian President Vladimir Putin's new expansionist policies, the sale has become highly controversial.
