As far as Paris is concerned, Russia’s support of armed proxies in Ukraine and the ensuing destruction of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 is no obstacle to delivery of the first of two French-built Mistral-class ships . And, for the moment, options on the delivery of the Vladivostok’s sister ship next year remain open, subject to Russian behaviour. Which raises the question of how bad Moscow’s behaviour has to become force a cancellation.
就法國而言,俄羅斯對其在烏克蘭的武裝代理人的支持,以及接下來的馬來西亞航空公司(Malaysia Airlines) MH17航班被擊落事件,都不構成法國向俄羅斯交付兩艘「西北風」級(Mistral-class)攻擊艦中的第一艘——「符拉迪沃斯託克」號(Vladivostok)——的障礙。而對於明年是否向俄羅斯交付該艦的姊妹艦,法國眼下仍有選擇,這取決於俄羅斯的行爲。這就引發了下列問題:俄羅斯的行爲糟糕到何種程度會迫使法國取消交付。