The legal and administrative intricacies sometimes conceal political pitfalls.
In the name of the " grandfather
" clause
, i.e. past commitments, France continued to deliver military equipment to Russia after the first sanctions decided in 2014, following the annexation of Crimea.
In the midst of the Russian offensive against Ukraine, this recall falls to the worst for Paris.
On Tuesday, the Disclose site relied on several internal army documents to detail the deliveries.
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According to Disclose, France has notably delivered thermal cameras equipping Russian armored vehicles or navigation systems.
They are not lethal systems, but nevertheless serve combat operations.
Deliveries made after 2014 are in accordance with "
international law
", assured Tuesday the Head of State Emmanuel Macron.
“
France took the decisions it had to take in 2014 and I defend them here, even if it wasn't me who took them, we scrupulously adhered to them...
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