Russia's Putin says no decision on Mistral warship

RAMBOUILLET, France | Fri Nov 27, 2009 8:01am EST

RAMBOUILLET, France Nov 27 (Reuters) - Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said on Friday that Russia had still not made a final decision on whether to buy Mistral warships from France.

Putin, answering a question about whether Russia would deploy the ships against Georgia, said Moscow would use the warships where they were needed. Putin was speaking while on a trip to France. (Writing by Guy Faulconbridge and Aidar Buribayev, editing by Conor Sweeney) ((guy.faulconbridge@reuters.com, +7 495 775 12 42))

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