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FRANCE RUSSIA Issue 632 dated 06/01/2011

Making of Mistral deal

Thanks to its network of well-connected contacts in the French capital, Moscow has obtained Paris’ commitment to help with its security concerns in exchange for its purchase of two BPC helicopter carriers. [...]

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