Why France Is Selling Warships to Russia
As Russian President Dmitri Medvedev wound up a three-day state visit to Paris on Wednesday, he had to be pleased with the results. After all, he virtually cinched an unprecedented military deal, bagged a significant gas contract and watched his French host, President Nicolas Sarkozy, dismiss American and European misgivings about his embrace of Moscow by treating Medvedev like his newest best friend forever. There wasn’t a whole lot for the Russian leader not to love.
03/4/2010
— Filed under: Politics
Tags: France, Russia, warships
