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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

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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.

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http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-09-22/total-hunts-for-russian-gas-project-financing-after-sanctions.html

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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.

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