Russia transfers Mistral’s first tranche to France

Rosoboronexport has officially transferred the first tranche for the construction of the Mistral-class assault landing ship's technical documentation to France-based DCNS.The payment was for the ship's technical documentation although the tranche amount was not disclosed.According to United Shipbuilding Corporation (USC) president Roman Trotsenko Russia will conduct 40% of the construction work for the first two ships.Russia signed a €1.2bn deal with France for four Mistral-class landing

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