Q&A - Russia - Extract from the press briefing (9 April 2025)

Q: Do you have any comment on the temporary detention of a Russian ministry employee at a French airport, and on Russia’s summoning of the French ambassador in that regard?

A: The Embassy of France in Russia was indeed able to discuss this situation with the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs yesterday. The individual in question has been afforded consular protection in accordance with the Vienna Convention on Consular Relations.