Helikopter, våpen og Russland

EU er åpenbart uenige om å boykotte våpensalg og vanlig handel med Russland. Franskmennene velger å gå sine egne veier og, foruten salg av topp moderne marinefartøyer,  også selger EC145 til Putin.

Wednesday, July 30, 2014

Airbus Helicopters to Send EMS EC145s to Russia

Russia’s Moscow Health Department has awarded Airbus Helicopters with a contract to deliver two specially-designed EC145 helicopters to be used for air ambulance service operations. The Health Department’s Scientific and Practical Centre of Emergency Medicine will operate the rotorcraft, with delivery expected in 2015. The rotorcraft will feature medical technology including an oxygen tank, resuscitator, defibrillator as well as a neonatal treatment unit with an incubator and lung ventilator.

Photo courtesy Airbus Helicopters

Fra The Russian Times:

Under Fire, France Stands by Mistral Warship Sale to Russia

• Reuters
• Jul. 22 2014 14:54
• Last edited 14:55

Julie Louise / ReutersRussian sailors walking near their Russian navy frigate, the Smolny, at the shipyard in Saint-Nazaire in June.

PARIS/ST. NAZAIRE – French President Francois Hollande won broad domestic applause on Tuesday for defying allies Britain and the United States by confirming plans to deliver a helicopter carrier to Russia, with one backer dismissing their objections as hypocritical.
Speaking on the eve of an EU meeting to discuss sanctions on Moscow over the downing of a civilian airliner over Ukraine, Hollande said late Monday that a first Mistral warship would be handed over on schedule in October but that the decision on a second delivery would depend on Russia's attitude.