France has suspended "until further notice" the controversial delivery of a helicopter carrier to the Russian navy. President Francois Hollande blamed continuing unrest in eastern Ukraine, where Russia is accused of backing separatists in their fight against the government in Kyiv.
BBC: France halts Russia’s Mistral delivery indefinitely
The Mistral-class assault warship Vladivostok, the first of two mammoth Mistral helicopter carriers, that was supposed to be delivered to Russia on Nov. 15, 2014, is docked on November 21 at the entrance of the western French port of Saint-Nazaire.
