Looks like Russia has been preparing the case to walk away - this State-Sponsored dis-information from Tass
conomy October 27 -
The Mistral-type helicopter carriers have a displacement of 21 tons, the maximum body length of 210 meters, the speed of 18 knots and the range of up to 20,000 miles.
Who on earth would object to cancelling a ship that small? That Putin knows how to manipulate the press eh?.