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French Sale of Ships to Russians Is Criticized

Maritime Activity Reports, Inc.

December 29, 2010

According to an article from The New York Times, since the French sale of assault ships to Russia, critics — particularly among Russia’s neighbors including Georgia, Estonia and Lithuania — are raising alarms that France may have pioneered the way for other Western countries to sell Russia whatever they have to offer, from high-technology military equipment to rights for oil pipelines.

(Source: The New York Times)