KILLED CEO OF FRENCH OIL GIANT TOTAL GETS RUSSIAN MEDAL, FRANCE DISMISSES MISTRAL SHIP PROJECT DIRECTOR ON DELIVERY ..

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KILLED CEO OF FRENCH OIL GIANT TOTAL GETS RUSSIAN MEDAL, FRANCE DISMISSES MISTRAL SHIP PROJECT DIRECTOR ON DELIVERY ..

Posted By: IZAKOVIC
Date: Saturday, 1-Nov-2014 11:15:13

... DELAY REASONS Russian president awards Total late CEO Christophe de Margerie with Order of Honour Russia November 01, 17:17 UTC+3 For major contribution to strengthening economic and cultural ties between Russia and France, Christophe de Margerie shall be awarded with the Order of Honour, says the text of the decree © ITAR-TASS http://en.itar-tass.com/russia/757807 MOSCOW, November 1. /TASS/. Russian President Vladimir Putin has signed a decree on awarding French oil giant Total’s late head Christophe de Margerie with the Order of Honour, the Kremlin press service said on Saturday. “For major contribution to strengthening economic and cultural ties between Russia and France, Christophe de Margerie - Total’s CEO and Chairman and a French national - shall be awarded with the Order of Honour (posthumously),” says the text of the decree. Overnight to October 21 the four-seat Dassault Falcon business jet, en route to Paris, collided with a snow plough during takeoff, caught fire and crashed onto the runway at Moscow’s Vnukovo-3 airport. Three crew members and a passenger - Total’s chief executive Christophe de Margerie - died in the crash. -- Man was killed because: Total Hunts for Russian Gas Project Financing After Sanctions By Tara Patel 2014-09-22T12:44:30Z Total SA (FP), Europe’s second-biggest oil company, is searching for alternative financing for a $27 billion Russian natural gas project in the Arctic after sanctions barred dollar loans. More: http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-09-22/total-hunts-for-russian-gas-project-financing-after-sanctions.html -- French Arms Company Dismisses Director Responsible for Delay of Mistral Delivery to Russia Herve Guillou, CEO of a French arms industry company DCNS, dismissed Yves Destefanis, a project director responsible for delivering the Mistral helicopter carrier to Russia, French newspaper Les Echos reported. © RIA Novosti 12:48 01/11/2014 http://en.ria.ru/world/20141101/194944612/French-Arms-Company-Dismisses-Director-Responsible-for-Delay-of.html 01/11/2014 French Arms Company Dismisses Director Responsible for Delay of Mistral Delivery to Russia The project director was dismissed after the announcement that the conditions for delivering the first Mistral carrier to Russia had not been met. --- IZAKOVIC