10 October, 2023
🔍 Benjamin Jung’s investigation for Blast on the Russian Papers reveals that French components, despite the embargo, were delivered to Russia in 2023. Companies named include Lynred and STMicroelectronics, whose products were used in Russian military equipment.💰 Between January and April 2023, over 5,000 Russian import declarations for STMicroelectronics materials were recorded, totaling $29.5 million. These findings undermine STMicroelectronics’ claims of compliance, as the company had stated it aligned its exports with regulations as early as February 2022.⚠️ The Observatoire des Armements, an independent research center, criticized these shipments, accusing both the government and companies of failing to uphold sanctions. These findings contradic...
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11 July, 2023
On July 10, 2023, the French Senate, under the high patronage of its President GĂ©rard Larcher and at the initiative of Roger Karoutchi, Vice President of the Senate, along with Nadia Sollogoub, President of the France-Ukraine Interparliamentary Friendship Group, hosted a roundtable at the Palais du Luxembourg. This event, dedicated to decentralized cooperation between France and Ukraine, brought together parliamentarians, representatives of local authorities from both countries, as well as institutional and associative partners.The roundtable provided an opportunity to review the state of cooperation between French and Ukrainian local authorities since the large-scale Russian invasion. The discussions were structured around two thematic sessions: the first focusing on strengthening ...
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5 May, 2023
On Thursday, May 4, 2023, a symposium was held in the European Affairs Committee Room of the French National Assembly, organized by Benjamin Haddad, MP for Paris, spokesperson for the Renaissance group, and president of the France-Ukraine Friendship Group. The event aimed to discuss a proposed resolution urging France and the European Union to designate the Wagner private military group as a terrorist organization.The Wagner Group, a key enforcer of Russian aggression, has established itself as a destructive force on the international stage. With operations in Ukraine, Syria, and several African countries, this private militia epitomizes the Kremlin’s hybrid warfare strategy, operating in the shadows to circumvent international law. Wagner’s atrocities, often marked by egregious hum...
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