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Russian style negotiating?

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Russia to purchase Admiral Gorshkov aircraft carrier? 08:42 GMT, November 19, 2008 According to Forecast International, Russian naval and defence industry officials have indicated that Moscow may buy the Admiral Gorshkov aircraft carrier if India is unwilling to provide the $2 billion needed to finance the extensive retrofit. On November 13, Deputy General-Director of Sevmash (Severodvinsk Machine Building Enterprise) Sergey Novoselov told RIA Novosti new agency that, "On the market, the price of an aircraft carrier like that varies from three to four billion dollars. The renovations being done at the moment at Sevmash are worth 60-70 per cent of the cost of a new aircraft carrier. That's an approximate sum of up to two billion dollars. Of course, that figure needs refining." "We are essentially constructing a new aircraft carrier at the open assembly berth of Sevmash. In the last two years, work has only proceeded thanks to internal loans. The construction of any vessel, especially one like this, needs constant and uninterrupted financing," he added, as quoted in the report. When the contract for the Admiral Gorshkov was signed by Russia and India in 2004, the cost of modernizing the aircraft carrier was agreed at $617 million dollars, Novoselov said, adding that there was no-one to blame for the difference that has formed between the initial and current prices. "If India won't pay the money, we will keep the aircraft carrier ourselves. It will be very useful to us, because the situation in the world is complicated. Vessels like that are needed to patrol the waters of the Atlantic and the Mediterranean," noted a Russian defense industry official. In such a scenario, Russia would have to compensate India for the money it has already spent on modernizing the vessel. "That's about 400 million dollars," the source said, as quoted in the RIA Novosti report. Given the Russian track record with modernizing this old hull, it makes the USN's record with the LCS look good......DFO :rolleyes:

You pay for it, we'll keep it! Sounds like they've taken a leaf out of the Royal Navy, or doesn't anyone remember 'Agincourt', 'Canada', 'Erin', 'Broke', 'Tipperary', etc??

Aaahhh, but those all were due to "special" circumstances...called a War; besides...didn't Winnie approve??? DFO :cool:

I'm pretty sure that this will be a 'special' circumstance as well, according to the Russians. Accidental damage to their only operational flat top, umm, action against pirates, securing their borders against the hostile Estonian govt (:rolleyes:), how many more can I think of?

India getting smart and sayinn: CHUFF OFF (think thatzz the UK term??).....DFO :D

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