Hollande denied the statement of the Kremlin reached an agreement on the “Mistral” – RBC

French President Francois Hollande

Photo: REUTERS 2015

France and Russia have not yet reached agreement on the termination of a contract for the supply of helicopter carriers “Mistral”, reports Le Figaro statement by the President of France Francois Hollande.

«Currently, point agreement [on conditions for termination of the contract "Mistral"] no, “- said Hollande. According to him, negotiations are still in process. “I will make a decision in the coming weeks”, – he added.

So, Hollande denied the statement by the Assistant President of Russia on Military-Technical Cooperation, Vladimir Kozhin , who the day before said that Paris and Moscow have completed negotiations. According to him, already identified and the timing of termination of the contract, and the amount of compensation. In this regard, Kozhin said he hoped that “soon” agreement will be signed.

Statement by the President of France comes amid reports in the Russian media about the penalty that Paris has to pay Moscow for undelivered “Mistral”. The fact that its amount agreed in advance, RIA Novosti reported, citing a source in the military-technical cooperation. The newspaper “Kommersant”, in turn, is the sum of compensation – according to the publication, it will amount to € 1,2 млрд.

The issue with the “Mistral” remains unresolved since the autumn of last year, when Hollande announced that the deadlines performance of the contract is frozen because of the situation in Ukraine. Russia has repeatedly demanded that the French helicopter to deliver or return the money. It has been reported that the amount of the penalty can range from € 1,2 billion to € 3 billion.

According to “Kommersant”, Russia is not satisfied with the amount of compensation offered by France. According to the Russian Defense Ministry, Russia has suffered “losses and expenses” in the amount of € 1,163 billion. This amount includes paid France an advance of € 892,9 million cost of training of the crew, the construction of infrastructure for the deployment “Mistral” in Vladivostok and work to build new ships at Ka-52K. In addition, the Ministry of Defence wants to fully assume the French side of the risks and the costs of dismantling Russian equipment with the “Mistral».

Sources edition, familiar with the proposals of Paris, claiming that P knapsack ready to compensate the “costs and losses “in the amount of € 784,5 million. In addition, the French want to get permission to sell two helicopter to any interested third party [in the words of Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Rogozin, France can not legally sell the helicopter without the permission of Moscow, since Russia there are end-user certificate]. P The expenses associated with the dismantling of ships to the Russian equipment, France wants to divide equally.