https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from France in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed French President Emmanuel Macron confirmed Saturday he had invited his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin for talks on August 19th, days before hosting a G7 summit. https://www.thelocal.fr/20190728/frances-macron-to-host-putin-ahead-of-g7-summit Sun, 28 Jul 2019 10:48:17 +0200 frances-macron-to-host-putin-ahead-of-g7-summit French President Emmanuel Macron on Friday urged his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin to "use his influence" with the Syrian regime to allow aid to reach the besieged Eastern Ghouta region. https://www.thelocal.fr/20171104/macron-urges-putin-to-pressure-assad-on-aid Sat, 04 Nov 2017 03:42:58 +0100 macron-urges-putin-to-pressure-assad-on-aid France and Germany on Monday urged Russian President Vladimir Putin and his Ukrainian opposite number to ensure that a new ceasefire in eastern Ukraine is enforced, warning there has been little let-up in the violence. https://www.thelocal.fr/20170829/merkel-macron-urge-russia-and-ukraine-to-abide-by-commitments-and-back-ceasefire Tue, 29 Aug 2017 11:03:41 +0200 merkel-macron-urge-russia-and-ukraine-to-abide-by-commitments-and-back-ceasefire The French and Russian foreign ministers vowed Thursday to put aside their countries' differences to fight and defeat extremism. https://www.thelocal.fr/20170707/france-and-russia-vow-to-put-aside-differences-and-fight-extremism Fri, 07 Jul 2017 11:03:46 +0200 france-and-russia-vow-to-put-aside-differences-and-fight-extremism French President Emmanuel Macron greeted his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin in the splendour of the Versailles palace outside Paris on Monday for their first face-to-face talks. https://www.thelocal.fr/20170529/macron-and-putin-hold-face-to-face-talks-in-splendour-of-versailles Mon, 29 May 2017 16:39:47 +0200 macron-and-putin-hold-face-to-face-talks-in-splendour-of-versailles France's new President Emmanuel Macron was to host Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin on Monday in the latest test of his diplomatic mettle after vowing firm stands on Ukraine and Syria. https://www.thelocal.fr/20170529/macron-hosts-putin-in-versailles Mon, 29 May 2017 12:08:12 +0200 macron-hosts-putin-in-versailles Relatives of Ukrainians jailed by Russia in cases they call "political" have appealed to French President Emmanuel Macron to demand their release when he meets Vladimir Putin on Monday. https://www.thelocal.fr/20170527/ukrainians-appeal-to-macron-over-putins-political-prisoners Sat, 27 May 2017 15:53:39 +0200 ukrainians-appeal-to-macron-over-putins-political-prisoners There are growing concerns in France and beyond that Vladimir Putin could play a key role in the result of the French election to ensure the new president is to his liking. https://www.thelocal.fr/20170403/vladimir-putin-friend-or-foe-russia-looms-over-french-election Mon, 03 Apr 2017 11:23:47 +0200 vladimir-putin-friend-or-foe-russia-looms-over-french-election France’s larger than life actor Gérard Depardieu has been added to a black list in Ukraine, which features names of people judged "a threat to national security", according to reports on Tuesday. https://www.thelocal.fr/20150721/gerard-depardieu-judged-a-danger-to-ukraine Tue, 21 Jul 2015 13:18:03 +0200 gerard-depardieu-judged-a-danger-to-ukraine Russian President Vladimir Putin urged his French counterpart François Hollande to restore ties that have been undermined by tension over Ukraine. For his part Hollande told Puting to ensure there the peace accords were implemented. https://www.thelocal.fr/20150424/putin-calls-on-hollande-to-mend-ties Fri, 24 Apr 2015 19:05:58 +0200 putin-calls-on-hollande-to-mend-ties Talks on the Ukraine conflict between the leaders of Russia, Germany and France were "constructive and substantial" and a plan is being drawn up to implement a previous peace accord, a French official said Friday. https://www.thelocal.fr/20150207/constructive-ukraine-talks-plan-being-drafted-france Sat, 07 Feb 2015 09:00:00 +0100 constructive-ukraine-talks-plan-being-drafted-france UPDATED:French President Francois Hollande met Russia's Vladimir Putin Saturday, making a surprise stopover in a Moscow airport in an attempt to defuse mounting tensions over Ukraine. https://www.thelocal.fr/20141206/hollande-to-discuss-ukraine-crisis-with-putin Sat, 06 Dec 2014 11:38:00 +0100 hollande-to-discuss-ukraine-crisis-with-putin News that France's far-right National Front party had secured a €9 million loan from a Russian bank sent tremors through the French political class and prompted a French lawmaker to propose a bill to outlaw the practice. He told The Local why it was necessary. https://www.thelocal.fr/20141127/russian-loans-to-french-political-parties-must-stop Thu, 27 Nov 2014 14:29:00 +0100 russian-loans-to-french-political-parties-must-stop While the rest of the world is imposing sanctions on Vladimir Putin’s country, far-right National Front leader Marine Le Pen has let it slip that she has a certain admiration for the Russian president. https://www.thelocal.fr/20140905/le-pen-says-she-admires-vladimir-putin Fri, 05 Sep 2014 20:25:00 +0200 le-pen-says-she-admires-vladimir-putin France and its fellow EU powers along with the US agreed on the need to impose new sanctions on Russia over its presumed role in Ukraine's insurgency, the French presidency said on Monday. The sanctions should be finalised on Tuesday and will come into force shortly. https://www.thelocal.fr/20140729/eu-to-impose-new-sanctions-on-russia Tue, 29 Jul 2014 12:30:38 +0200 eu-to-impose-new-sanctions-on-russia Russian President Vladimir Putin said Saturday he was ready to meet with French leader Francois Hollande at next month's events to mark the D-Day anniversary, despite tensions over Ukraine. https://www.thelocal.fr/20140525/putin-ready-for-talks-with-hollande-at-d-day-events Sun, 25 May 2014 10:45:10 +0200 putin-ready-for-talks-with-hollande-at-d-day-events French President François Hollande and British Prime Minister David Cameron have 'very firmly condemned' the violence in Ukraine between the government and pro-Russian separatist forces. Germany has also joined the fray.. https://www.thelocal.fr/20140414/french-british-condemn-ukraine-violence-russia Mon, 14 Apr 2014 15:25:00 +0200 french-british-condemn-ukraine-violence-russia The French president François Hollande made it clear to Vladimir Putin that annexing Crimea would be "unacceptable", as the West steps up the pressure on Russia over its actions towards Ukraine. https://www.thelocal.fr/20140312/hollande-to-putin-annexing-crimea-is-unnacceptable Wed, 12 Mar 2014 17:11:00 +0100 hollande-to-putin-annexing-crimea-is-unnacceptable An artist who painted Russian President Vladimir Putin and Prime Minister Dimitry Medvedev in women's underwear has fled to Paris where he is applying for politican asylum from France, he claimed on Thursday. https://www.thelocal.fr/20130829/putin-in-nightie-artist-flees-to-france-in-asylum-bid Thu, 29 Aug 2013 15:26:00 +0200 putin-in-nightie-artist-flees-to-france-in-asylum-bid French actor and newly-minted Russian citizen Gerard Depardieu on Saturday compared President Vladimir Putin to the late Pope John Paul II and said the ex-KGB agent is what Russia needs as a leader. https://www.thelocal.fr/20130518/depardieu-compares-putin-to-pope-john-paul-ii Sat, 18 May 2013 14:23:00 +0200 depardieu-compares-putin-to-pope-john-paul-ii