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Friday, November 27, 2009

Arrival of French Ship Fuels Debate

FS Mistral (Projection and Command Vessel)Hundreds of St. Petersburg residents, many of them navy officers and shipbuilders, lined up in the fog on Wednesday to visit the French warship The Mistral, which arrived in the city on Monday and which the Russian military hopes to buy.

During a two-day visit by Prime Minister Vladimir Putin to France that started on Thursday the two countries may finally agree the purchase of a French Mistral-class amphibious assault ship, RIA Novosti reported.

Yury Ushakov, a deputy head of the Russian government staff, said Putin’s visit agenda does not envision Mistral talks but said the issue “could be discussed.”

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