Navy can buy a cruiser "Ukraine"

The command of the Navy is studying the possibility of buying an unfinished missile cruiser "Ukraine" (project 1164, the former "Admiral Lobov"). According to RIA Novosti, this was announced by the Commander -in -Chief of the Navy Admiral Vladimir Vysotsky. The topic of the completion of the cruiser and the possibility of its sale of Russia was discussed last Thursday in Sevastopol at the subcommittee on defense and security issues of the Russian-Ukrainian interstate commission.

“We agreed with the Ukrainian side that by the next meeting of the subcommittee, in the fourth quarter of this year, we will study all the options for the fate of the ship and submit our proposals,” said the Commander -in -Chief of the Navy. According to a senior representative of the Main Staff of the Navy, the cruiser’s readiness is currently 50 percent, and 15 billion rubles must be spent on its technical repairs, and taking into account modernization - 35 billion rubles.

In April of this year, Moscow made a political decision on the purchase of Mistral -like helicopter carriers in France. This was announced by the director of the Federal Service for Military-Technical Cooperation Mikhail Dmitriev. "The political decision on the purchase of ships of the Mistral type in Russia is adopted. Active consultations are now being conducted," he said. According to Dmitriev, the parties have not yet entered into specific negotiations. From Russia, the Navy will participate in them through the mediation of Rosoboronexport.

Russia plans to conclude an agreement with France by the end of the year, Dmitriev said. "We have never signed such a major contract for the purchase of this type of weapons, so it is necessary to get a large amount of additional information to execute these documents," he explained.

The French side is configured that all the necessary documents will be ready for signing in September. According to preliminary data from Russian and French experts, the cost of one helicopter carrier for the Russian Navy will be from 400 to 500 million euros. In total, Russia wants to get four ships - one in finished form, three more - to build a French license at Russian shipyards. In turn, France wants to sell two ready -made helicopters and two to build in Russia.