Russian ship Vladivostok (2013)

Vladivostok is an amphibious assault ship of the French Mistral class currently under construction for the Russian Navy.

The Russian government placed an order for the ship in 2011. The construction of the ship will be shared between the countries with France building about 60 percent and Russia 40. Work started in France, Saint-Nazaire, on 1 February 2012 and in the Russian Baltiysky Zavod shipyard in St. Petersburg in October 2012. Russia will send its parts to France for final assembling. The ship is expected to join the Russian Navy in 2015. The ship was launched on October 15, 2013.

After final assembly of the main structures in France the ship is scheduled to return to St. Petersburg in October 2013 for the outfitting of additional Russian-specific weapons and subsystems.

The Russian acquisition of French Mistral class amphibious assault ships is considered to be the largest defense deal between Russia and the West since World War II.