Russian defense sources told Kommersant newspaper that the documents are now "being studied" by the Russian government, defense ministry and other relevant parties who participated in the 2011 deal.
But the daily reported that Moscow was not happy with the offer from the French side, with the defense ministry claiming that Russian firms have now incurred 1.16 billion euros of costs associated with the ships.
Russian President Vladimir Putin last month played down the importance of the ships and claimed that Russia ordered them mostly to help the French shipyard. The Kremlin strongman, however, made clear Moscow would still like its money back. "We are not planning to demand any penalties or exorbitant fines but all expenses should be returned," he said.
While Kommersant reported France is proposing to return only the cash that was paid on the deal, Russia would like to have other expenses reimbursed, such as training 400 sailors for the crews and building port infrastructure in Vladivostok, where the first of the two ships was to be based. "The option of returning the sum in the French offer categorically does not work for us," a source told Kommersant.
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