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Friday, January 25, 2013

Defense Industry Boss Slams 'Absurd' French Ship Deal

Mistral-class Amphibious assault ship |A senior Russian defense industry official described as “absurd” on Thursday a previously-agreed deal to purchase two French-built Mistral assault ships for the Russian Navy.

Military-Industrial Commission Deputy Head Ivan Kharchenko said the $1.2-billion deal with a French shipyard, signed under the ousted Defense Minister Anatoly Serdyukov has caused significant damage to the state and the Russian shipbuilding industry.

“We have been discussing the absurdity of this earlier decision. It was the initiative of Serdyukov and it’s not the only damage he has inflicted to the government and the industry,” Kharchenko said a meeting with defense companies in Moscow on Thursday.

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