The Insider: Behind enemy lines – The French Riviera still welcomes Russian politicians and oligarchs

EU sanctions require consensus among all member states, complicating their implementation. However, each individual country, France included, retains the freedom to institute national blacklists. Despite president Emmanuel Macron’s recently assertive stance about the possibility of sending ground troops to Ukraine, his government continues to afford many Kremlin-connected members of Russia’s economic elite the privilege of living and doing business in France…