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Russia will sue for damages if Mistral contract not honored, Kremlin says

Published Oct. 23, 2014 at 10:03 pm

A picture taken on Sept. 7, 2014 in Saint-Nazaire, western France, shows the Vladivostok warship, a Mistral class LHD amphibious vessel ordered by Russia to the STX France shipyard.

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SOCHI, KRASNAYA POLYANA - In the event of a failure to honor the Mistral contract Russia will seek compensatory damages, said Sergei Ivanov, the head of the Russian presidential administration.

“I can tell you what Russia will do if the contract is not honored. There will be an application to a court and a claim for damages under the contract, like everywhere in the civilized world,” he told reporters on the sidelines of the Valdai International Discussion Club in Sochi on Oct. 23.