Ivan (first name has been changed) had never set foot in France before last year. He has known since March 7 that his future is here.
If Ivan got a ten-year pass, it's because he refuses to go to war in Ukraine. “I didn’t believe it, I checked ten times,” this 35-year-old Russian told us on the phone.“There is no question of going to kill my own brother”: a Russian deserter obtains refugee status.