France tells UK look to London oligarchs before damning Mistral


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  • Wednesday, 23 Jul 2014

PARIS (Reuters) - France's foreign minister hit back at Britain on Tuesday, telling Prime Minister David Cameron he should do something about UK-based Russian oligarchs before questioning France's plan to sell Mistral helicopter carriers to Moscow.

Cameron on Monday said Paris's plan to press ahead with the 1.2 billion-euro (1 billion pounds) order after the downing of the Malaysian Airlines plane in Ukraine would be "unthinkable" in Britain.

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