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This combination of file photographs created on September 14, 2020, shows (left) Russian President Vladimir Putin and France's President Emmanuel Macron (right). (Mikhail Klimentyev and Gonzalo Fuentes/various sources/AFP)
May 3, 2022, 6:43 pm
In call with Macron, Putin says West must stop supplying Ukraine with arms
Russian leader claims Ukrainian forces committing war crimes that EU is ‘ignoring’; adds that Moscow ‘still open to dialogue’ but Kyiv not ready for ‘serious work’ of ending war
By AFP
An illustrative photo of a Russian satellite. (Public Domain/Wikimedia Commons)
September 7, 2018, 8:41 pm
France accuses Russia of attempting to spy on military satellite
‘Trying to listen to your neighbors is not only unfriendly, it’s an act of espionage,’ French National Center for Space Studies says
By AFP
French President Emmanuel Macron, right, delivers a joint press conference with Russian President Vladimir Putin following their meeting at the Versailles Palace, near Paris, May 29, 2017. (AFP/GEOFFROY VAN DER HASSELT)
May 29, 2017, 9:45 pm
Macron slams Russia Today, Sputnik for election ‘propaganda’
Putin, visiting France, rejects claim and defends meeting French president’s rival during campaign
By Agencies
French President Emmanuel Macron (L) and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin arrive at the Palace of Versailles, near Paris, as they meet for talks in Versailles on May 29, 2017. (AFP PHOTO / POOL / Francois Mori)
May 29, 2017, 6:15 pm
Macron hosts Putin for first talks in latest diplomatic test
As French president welcomes Russian counterpart to Versailles palace, differences on Ukraine, Syria clearly evident
By Herve ASQUIN
French president-elect Emmanuel Macron (C) and his wife Brigitte Trogneux (R) greet supporters in front of the Pyramid at the Louvre Museum in Paris on May 7, 2017, after the second round of the French presidential election. (AFP PHOTO / POOL / Thomas SAMSON)
May 7, 2017, 9:34 pm
Macron overwhelmingly defeats Le Pen to win French presidency
Pro-European candidate wins over 65% of vote according to initial count, halting unlikely rise for leader of far-right National Front
By Adam PLOWRIGHT
Election campaign posters for French centrist presidential candidate Emmanuel Macron and far-right candidate Marine Le Pen are displayed in front of the polling station where Marine Le Pen will vote in Henin Beaumont, northern France, Saturday, May 6, 2017. (AP Photo/Francois Mori)
May 7, 2017, 1:23 am
Russian effort suspected in French election hacking attack
Paris’s cybersecurity agency to probe leak of Macron campaign documents as expert notes ‘Cyrillic script in the metadata’ of hacked files
By PHILIPPE SOTTO, John Leicester and Raphael Satter
This photo provided Tuesday, April 4, 2017 by the Syrian anti-government activist group Edlib Media Center, which has been authenticated based on its contents and other AP reporting, shows victims of a suspected chemical attack, in the town of Khan Sheikhoun, northern Idlib province, Syria. (Edlib Media Center, via AP)
April 26, 2017, 1:44 pm
France says analysis shows Syria regime behind sarin attack
Kremlin rejects French report, argues evidence of nerve gas found in Khan Sheikhoun doesn’t prove who used it
By AP
Russian President Vladimir Putin speaks with Russia's Chief Rabbi Berel Lazar in the Jewish Museum in Moscow, on June 13, 2013. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)
April 23, 2017, 2:02 am
Russian chief rabbi: France’s Jews should leave if Le Pen wins
At Limmud FSU gathering near Moscow, Berel Lazar warns the French are ‘heading toward radicalization’
By JTA
French Foreign Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault addresses a session of questions to the government at the National Assembly in Paris on February 1, 2017. (AFP Photo/Patrick Kovarik)
February 19, 2017, 5:12 am
Paris denounces cyberattacks blamed on Moscow
Echoing US race, accusations leveled over alleged Russian hacking in French presidential election
By AFP
In this Oct. 6, 2016 file photo, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, right, meets with French Foreign Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault in Moscow. Ayrault, speaking on Monday, Oct. 10, 2016, called on the International Criminal Court to investigate Russia for possible war crimes in Syria. (AP Photo/Pavel Golovkin, File)
October 11, 2016, 9:27 am
France to seek war crimes probe of Russian actions in Syria
Foreign minister Ayrault says committed to saving population of Aleppo from Moscow’s ‘bombarding’
By AP
Russian President Vladimir Putin (R) welcomes French President Francois Hollande before a meeting at the Kremlin in Moscow on November 26, 2015. (AFP/Alexander Zemlianichenko)
February 12, 2016, 12:24 am
Hollande calls for Russia to end support for Assad
While peace talks continue in Munich, French leader says Assad ‘is massacring some of his own people’
By AFP
File: French gendarmes officers patrol near the Eiffel Tower, in Paris, Monday Nov. 23, 2015. (AP Photo/Jacques Brinon)
November 24, 2015, 11:35 am
Hollande to press Obama on Russia cooperation in IS fight
As Islamic State expands reach outside Syria and Iraq, US faces growing pressure to ramp up efforts against jihadists
By Julie Pace and KATHLEEN HENNESSEY
French President Francois Hollande at the Elysee palace in Paris, November 17, 2015. (AFP/DOMINIQUE FAGET)
November 17, 2015, 6:26 pm
Hollande, Putin agree on ‘closer contact’ in battling IS in Syria
French leader to meet with Obama in DC, Russian president in Moscow as France steps up fight against Islamic State
By AFP
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