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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 424

Russia-France relations

FILE - Telegram co-founder Pavel Durov, seen after his meeting with Indonesian Communication and Information Minister Rudiantara in Jakarta, Indonesia, August 1, 2017. (AP Photo/Tatan Syuflana, File)
August 26, 2024, 3:17 pm
France detains Telegram chief accused of failing to curb use of app for crime, terror
Russian-born founder also suspected of not preventing drug trafficking, cyberbullying, organized crime on platform; Moscow says Paris ‘refusing to cooperate’ over detention
By Sylvie MALIGORNE, Julia Pavesi, Jurgen HECKER and Stuart Williams
A Russian serviceman guards in an area of the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Station in territory under Russian military control, southeastern Ukraine, Sunday, May 1, 2022. (AP Photo, File)
August 19, 2022, 7:52 pm
Putin, Macron press for UN watchdog probe of imperiled Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant
Russian president blames ‘systematic shelling’ by Ukraine for danger at facility, claims Moscow still facing challenges in exporting products after UN-brokered deal
By AFP
French President Emmanuel Macron, left, talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin during their meeting at the fort of Bregancon in Bormes-les-Mimosas, southern France, on August 19, 2019. (Alexei Druzhinin, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)
March 7, 2022, 1:26 pm
Not just Bennett: France’s Macron aligns with West, but keeps open line to Putin
French leader has spoken numerous times with Russian president during Ukraine crisis, and though few expect talks to lead anywhere, meetings give West insight into Putin’s thinking
By Barbara Surk
A woman walks by a photographic memorial for those killed in the confrontation between Ukraine's military and the pro-Russia separatist forces in Sievierodonetsk, Luhansk region, eastern Ukraine, Feb. 23, 2022. (Vadim Ghirda/AP)
February 23, 2022, 6:55 pm
Amid ‘massive’ cyberattack on Ukraine, US warns of Russian invasion within 48 hours
Defense and foreign ministry websites taken down in attack, as predicted by US officials ahead of full-blown invasion, to include airstrikes, missiles and push to Kyiv
By ToI Staff and Agencies
French President Emmanuel Macron (R) meets with Russian President Vladimir Putin (L) in Moscow on February 7, 2022 (SPUTNIK / AFP)
February 8, 2022, 1:35 pm
Macron heads to Kyiv after talking to Putin about Ukraine
Following meeting with Russian leader, French president says ‘upcoming days will be crucial,’ it’s Europe’s duty to find diplomatic solution and rebuild ties with Moscow
By Dasha Litvinova and Sylvie Corbet
A Russian construction worker in Portovaya Bay some 170 kms (106 miles) north-west from St. Petersburg, Russia, during a ceremony marking the start of Nord Stream pipeline construction, on April 9, 2010. (AP Photo/Dmitry Lovetsky, file)
February 1, 2021, 6:52 pm
Germany rejects French plea to scrap Russia gas pipeline over Navalny crackdown
US and European countries have criticized project, saying it will increase EU dependence on Russia for critical gas supplies
By AFP
Illustrative: France's President Emmanuel Macron addresses the audience on the podium during the 56th Munich Security Conference (MSC) in Munich, southern Germany, on February 15, 2020 (Christof STACHE / AFP)
February 15, 2020, 4:51 pm
Macron: Russia will keep trying to destabilize West with electoral interference
French president says Moscow will be ‘extremely aggressive’ in future cyber warfare, adds ‘conservative actors from America’s ultra-right’ attempting to interfere in European votes
By AFP
French President Emmanuel Macron (right) during a joint press conference with Russian President Vladimir Putin (left) following their meeting at the Versailles Palace, near Paris, on May 29, 2017. (AFP Photo/Christophe Archambault)
May 24, 2018, 12:24 pm
Macron to discuss Iran nuclear deal with Putin as points of view coincide
Despite deep differences between France and Russia on Syria and Crimea, countries could be getting closer as both try to salvage 2015 accord
By AP
Military forces work on a van in Winterslow, England, on March 12, 2018, as investigations continue into the nerve-agent poisoning of Russian ex-spy Sergei Skripal and his daughter Yulia. (AP Photo/Frank Augstein)
March 15, 2018, 7:55 pm
Israel denounces UK nerve agent attack, without mentioning Russia
In vaguely worded statement, Foreign Ministry says it ‘condemns vigorously’ the ‘event that occurred in Great Britain’
By Judah Ari Gross
Military personnel in College Street Car Park in Salisbury, Sunday March 11, 2018, as police and members of the armed forces probe the suspected nerve agent attack on Russian double agent Sergei Skripal, which took place on March 4. (Andrew Matthews/PA via AP)
March 15, 2018, 4:47 pm
US, France, Germany blame Russia for UK nerve agent attack
In joint statement, Western leaders say ‘no plausible alternative explanation’ to Moscow’s involvement in poisoning of Sergei Skripal
By DANICA KIRKA, Jill Lawless and VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV
French president Emmanuel Macron speaks during a Trianon Council meeting aiming to strengthen the links between France and Russia, at the Elysee palace in Paris, on February 9, 2018. (LUDOVIC MARIN/AFP)
February 14, 2018, 9:11 am
France threatens Syria strikes if chemical attacks proven
Macron says Assad regime will eventually face international justice
By AFP
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
Russian President Vladimir Putin, right, shakes hands with French far-right presidential candidate Marine Le Pen, in the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia, March 24, 2017. (Mikhail Klimentyev, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)
March 24, 2017, 5:40 pm
After meeting Putin, Le Pen says if elected will mull lifting Russia sanctions
In rare sit-down a month before France votes, Front National leader says Russian president represents ‘new vision’ in ‘new world’
By Agencies and ToI Staff
French Foreign Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault (C) speaks at the United Nations Security Council before a vote on a French-Spanish resolution on Syria at the UN headquarters, October 8, 2016, in New York City. (Dominik/AFP)
October 8, 2016, 11:38 pm
Russia vetoes UN resolution to ‘save Aleppo’
France had urged Security Council to take immediate action to prevent Syrian city from being destroyed by Moscow-backed bombing campaign
By Carole LANDRY and Karam al-Masri
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