PARIS -- President Francois Hollande's government on Oct. 30 disputed a Russian claim that France was preparing to hand over the first of two Mistral-class warships in mid-November.
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New York Times: France denies it has agreed to deliver Mistral-class warship to Russia
The Vladivostok warship, a Mistral class LHD amphibious vessel ordered by Russia to the STX France shipyard in Saint-Nazaire, western France, leaves for her first trial on March 5, 2014.
