In the spotlight: French companies trapped in Russia

In the spotlight French companies trapped in Russia

They are ” between the devil and the deep sea », the 1,200 French companies present in Russia, including 35 CAC 40 groups, formula The Parisian. None wishes to speak publicly, and all keep circling “, points out this daily, in which a source at the large distributor Auchan explains that” if we leave, the Russians will get their hands on a formidable tool. We have the best business locations in Moscow and St. Petersburg, among others. “, said this source to this newspaper.

These companies ” must they, in the name of morality, go beyond what the greatest democracies on the planet demand, asks himself Le Figaro ? Packing up and not coming back until the Russian ogre has returned to its lair? (…) Would we punish Vladimir Putin or would we punish the Russians? Would we nourish a feeling of revolt against the dictator of the Kremlin or against the injustice of the West? », wonders again Le Figaro.

These revelations on the case of rugby player Christophe Dominici, who died tragically sixteen months ago, and who would have been ” fooled by a Franco-Tunisian businessman whose lawyer is a former Secretary of State for Sports under François Hollande:

In the aborted project to take over the rugby club AS Béziers (south of France), Christophe Dominici would have been ” fooled “. At least that’s the opinion of the newspaper. The Team. The sports daily investigated the death of the ex-winger of the XV of France, which would have been, according to this newspaper, the victim of a certain Samir Ben Romdhane. And, indeed, in his sixties, wearing good looks, this Franco-Tunisian has as a lawyer the ex-leftist radical Thierry Braillard, former Secretary of State for Sports in the governments of Manuel Valls and Bernard Cazeneuve during the five-year term of François Hollande. .

For lack of time, it is impossible here to summarize this journalistic investigation tending to demonstrate that Samir Ben Romdhane “ sparkles mountains and wonders to Christophe Dominici. But apart from this case, The Team also points out that a year ago, we find the very active Ben Romdhane in Guinea “where his company” wants to invest in gold mines “. To note that The Team has in particular sought to join the former Secretary of State Thierry Braillard, but the latter seems ” elusive and unreachable “says this daily.

Friendly match France – Ivory Coast in Marseille, in preparation for the 2022 World Cup in Qatar

In The Parisian, the Franco-Ivorian striker of Ajax Amsterdam Sébastien Haller, after having ” hesitated between the two selections explains how he decided to wear the Ivory Coast jersey instead. ” I simply did not have the status or the stats to pretend to integrate the selection (French) at this moment he says. His mother being Ivorian, Sébastien Haller told the Parisian which is ” proud » of her choice, because for her, « it’s not just a sporting decision “.

Hats off, finally, to a French mountaineering hero: Marc Batard, the first Frenchman to summit Everest without oxygen in 1988. Now 70 years old, he leaves tomorrow to attempt the ascent of the roof of the world

From the height of his 70 springs and 168 cm, the legendary mountaineer flies this Saturday to Kathmandu “, capital of Nepal, reports The Parisian, towards the base camp of Everest and its 8,848 meters. Marc Batard intends to become the dean of the conquerors of the highest peak on the planet without artificial oxygen supply “, warns this newspaper, the current record being held since 2010 by a” Italian youngster of 55 years old », In other words, by a 55-year-old mountaineer from Italy.

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