IN THIS ISSUE
*France ready to sell offensive helicopter carriers to Russia
*...as Medvedev attempts to balance foreign policy over Iran
*Kadyrov manipulates threat of suicide attacks to boost his image in Chechnya
*Baku reappraises its relationship with Ankara
**New in the Jamestown blog on Russia and Eurasia (http://www.jamestown.org/blog):
- Islamic Militants and Ukraine
