Russian sailors in France for warship training

SAINT-NAZAIRE, France: A Russian naval ship carrying 400 sailors has docked at a French harbor to start weeks of training aboard a warship France is selling to Russia despite widespread criticism from its allies.

The warship is part of a 1.2-billion-euro ($1.6-billion) deal that marked the biggest sale ever of Nato weaponry to Moscow, raising questions both within Russia's military circles and among France's Western allies when it was struck in 2011.

Despite French condemnation of Russian actions in Ukraine — and pressure from the United States — the deal is going forward as planned.

The sailors docked on Monday near the warship Vladivostock, which the French will teach them to operate in coming weeks.

France says the ship can carry 700 troops, 16 helicopter gunships, and as many as 50 armored vehicles.

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