Section: Radio France internationale (France)
FRANCE – RUSSIA: Second Russian Mistral warship nears launch in French shipyard
0 The second Mistral warship being built for Russia by French shipbuilders was placed in the dock in Brittany’s Saint-Nazaire shipyard on Thursday night. Moscow is demanding delivery of the ships but France is under pressure to withhold them as …read more Source: Radio France...
FRANCE – RUSSIA – G20: Hollande ‘won’t be pressured’ over warship delivery to Russia
0 French President François Hollande will not be pressured into delivering two Mistral warships being built in France for Russia, he said after the G20 summit in Australia on Sunday. The handover has been delayed due to the Ukraine crisis. …read more Source: Radio France...
FRANCE – RUSSIA – G20: Don’t mention the Mistrals – Hollande, Putin discuss Ukraine but not warship delivery at G20
0 Presidents Vladimir Putin and François Hollande did not even mention the controversial Mistral warships France is building for Russia during a meeting at the G20 summit in Australia on Saturday. Putin aides said he would leave the summit early because …read more Source: Radio France...
FRANCE – RUSSIA: France denies Mistral warships to be handed over to Russia in November
0 France has denied a Russian claim that the first of two warships being built in French shipyards for Moscow is ready to be handed over in mid-November. The US and other Nato countries have criticised the sale because of Russia’s …read more Source: Radio France...
FRANCE – RUSSIA – UKRAINE: Femen protester fined for stabbing Putin waxwork topless
0 A French court has fined a Ukrainian member of the topless protest movement Femen 6,000 euros for stabbing a waxwork of Russian President Vladimir Putin with a stick with “Kill Putin” scrawled across her chest. …read more Source: Radio France...
