Russian oligarch Sergei Pugachev, 47, is gravitating towards the centre stage of Franco-Russian relations following France’s sale of four Mistral class amphibious assault ships to the Russian Navy. The deal was officialised by French President Nicolas Sarkozy, as Intelligence Online predicted two months ago (IOL 609), during Russian President Dmitri Medvedev’s visit to Paris on March 1.(...)
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