MOSCOW [MENL] -- Greece plans to order a range of Russian warships.Russian industry sources said Athens and Moscow are concluding
negotiations for combat and transport vessels for the Hellenic Navy. The
sources said the talks are meant to be a follow-up of previous Greek orders
for Russian naval vessels.The Moscow-based Interfax news agency reports that the Hellenic Navy
will purchase five attack vessels and several Zubr-class hovercraft. The
agency said the ships will be produced by the St. Petersburg-based Almaz
Shipbuilding.A final contract has been drafted but is not expected to be signed for
at least the next several weeks, the sources said. They said Greece's
Defense Ministry is examining the financial conditions of the proposed
contract.
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