Francois Hollande reluctant to renege on controversial 1.2bn contract signed with French shipyard before conflict in UkraineAt the shipyard in Saint Nazaire the superstructure sticks out like a sore thumb, a great tower surrounded by cranes and lifting devices that signal to the town that the helicopter carrier is moored here, in the oily waters of the naval dockyard. Peering through the barbed wire, you can pick out its name, Vladivostok, in Cyrillic script on its hull. A Russian Orthodox priest came to baptise this 200-metre monster. Further along, in a dry dock, its younger sister, Sebastopol, has also been …read more
Source: The Guardian
