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A picture made available on 03 September 2014 shows a Mistral helicopter carrier built on behalf of Russia at a shipyard in Saint Nazaire, France. Photo: EPA/BGNES
Russia does not need helicopter carriers of the Mistral type, because it doesn't seem very likely to land any troops, said the first deputy chief of the Marine College with the Russian government Segey Shishkaryov.
“I don't see much need of those ships,” he said, quoted by the TASS wire service. “They are used mostly for offence, not defence. From strategic point of view, we have no reason to believe that we will be landing troops somewhere.”
According to Shishakryov, it was better for Russia to get its money back.
In November France first postponed the delivery of the first Mistral helicopter carrier and then French president Francois Hollande officially suspended it.
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