No Mistrals For Putin

Ouest France  posted pictures of the Russian  sailors going back to the Smolnyi with all their belongings. The departure would be for tomorrow Thursday 18th of December around 2pm French time, during the high tide. The sailors are doing a last shopping spree before final departure. The Mistral "Vladivostok", parked for now at the exit of the Louis Joubert dock should move and be located where the Smolnyi is since its arrival on the 6th of June. The information is classified and the French Defence Ministry turns down vehemently any requests to comment on it. According to the French newspaper "Ouest France" , the 400 russian sailors that have been training on the Mistral for the last six month in St Nazaire will leave France before the end of the year. This is a definitive departure and the sailors should be able to spend Christmas with their family. Christmas is celebrated on the 7th of January in Russia according to the Christian Orthodox tradition. They wi...

Submitted by  admin  on Sun, 10/12/2014 - 10:44 Screenshot showing the next movements of the Mistral "Vladivostok". The letter "S" stands for the word sortie which means departure in French Will The Mistral Vladivostok Depart To Russia On The 21st Of November? The Mistral Vladivostok went twice on "sea trials" in September and October. Those exits were not exactly for sea trials are those were already performed in March. The goal of both trips was to train the 400 russian military sailors to use the war ship. No further training has been planned Any movement from the St Nazaire port has to be officially announced on  this website . This one is showing two events coming in November: Déhalage (take a ship against a dock with mooring lines) on the 20th at 06:01am Departure on the 21st at 03:01am No return date is mentioned this time and there has never been any talks about a third "sea trial". It looks l...