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Russian President Dmitry Medvedev will visit...
in the Nord Stream and the South Stream gas pipeline projects, intended to reduce Russia"s dependence on transit countries when pumping natural gas to Western Europe. Russia pumps some 10 billion cubic meters of gas to France annually.Russia is in talks with France to buy a French Mistral-class amphibious assault ship worth 400-500 million euros (around $540-$675 million). The French government has approved the sale but Russia has not yet made a final decision. A source in the Russian Defense Ministry earlier said the deal is not expected to be signed during Medvedev"s visit to France.
The two countries also cooperate in space exploration. A contract to launch 10 Russian Soyuz-ST carrier rockets from the Kourou space center in French Guiana was signed by Russia"s space agency and French satellite launch firm Arianespace in 2008. The first launch is likely to take place this year.
In February, Russia won a tender for a plot of land in downtown Paris
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