ALABINO (Moscow region). Aug 4 (Interfax-AVN) - Russia has full clarity on Mistral helicopters, but its French partners do not have clarity, Oleg Bochkarev, deputy chairman of the Russian government's commission on military industry, said.
"Russia is ready for any scenario. It's either we will get the Mistrals or France will pay us the money back with fines. My subjective opinion is that it's better to take the money with fines," Bochkarev told Interfax-AVN at the Russian Defense Ministry's innovations exhibit that opened in Alabino, Moscow region, on Monday.