Ministry stresses that French arms sales to Russia are not in violation of EU sanctions

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  1. The French Defence Ministry denies that France violated sanctions imposed by the European Union by continuing to sell military equipment to Moscow after it annexed Crimea in 2014.

    Investigative journalism NGO [Disclose](https://disclose.ngo/en/article/war-in-ukraine-how-france-delivered-weapons-to-russia-until-2020)reported on 14 March that the French government approved around 152 million euros of military gear for export since 2015, citing both “top secret” documents and public sources.

    Most of the equipment consisted of “thermal cameras to equip more than 1,000 Russian tanks,” but also included “navigation systems and infrared sensors for fighter planes and helicopters” manufactured by Thales and Safran, companies whose largest shareholder is the French state, according to Disclose.

  2. French don’t care about lives of people from other countries. And when they do, it is too late and they suffer the same thing.

  3. Lol, russian are this naive ? “I Igor why this camera is blurry?” – it’s not the camera it’s your shit eyes

  4. The French when the UK does literally anything: “This is a monumental betrayal!!”

    The French when they receive even mild criticism:
    “Hey now, let’s not turn on each other. Let’s focus on what Russia/America/UK/whoever is unpopular this week are doing!”

  5. Seriously don’t the French govt have any shame? The absolute last thing the west should be doing is supplying arms to Putin’s regime.

  6. They are out there murdering civilians and children using French weapons. Shame on you France.

  7. Probably no sales in 2022. Just older contracts, I think. Seems like contracts we completed in 2015 or 2019.

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