Poland's defense minister said he thinks Egypt has sold two French-made Mistral warships to Russia for the symbolic price of US$1 – a claim Russia on Friday dismissed as "nonsense". On Friday, Macierewicz added that "if Egypt would now withdraw from this operation, it would be a gain for world peace" and a good lesson for Russia. France had originally built the two ships for Russia, but the sale was canceled after Russia's annexation of Ukraine's Crimean Peninsula. France refunded the 950 million euros ($1 billion) already paid by Russia and sold the ships to Egypt. In Moscow, President Vladimir Putin's spokesman, Dmitry Peskov, rejected Macierewicz's claim as "complete nonsense".

Source: Egypt Independent October 21, 2016 19:07 UTC