The leader of French center-right opposition Nicolas Sarkozy has criticized the decision by President Francois Hollande to go to Cuba instead of participating in the celebration of the 70th anniversary of Victory in world war II. "Frenchmen, who loves his country, has experienced mixed feelings of shame and sorrow, seeing as the highest political leadership of France's priority was to shake the hand of Fidel Castro instead of having to go to honor the memory of the Russian people for the horrific checks, which he suffered during the 2nd world war, and the courage which played a huge role in the defeat of Nazism ", - quotes Agency the words of Sarkozy, said on the first day of the weekend in Paris to the Congress of the party " the Republicans ". According to the former President, France should not confuse friendship with the Russian people and political differences with the government. first French policy decision of the President of the Fifth Republic, fran?ois Hollande abandon presence in the Russian capital at the celebrations dedicated to the 70th anniversary of Victory in world war II. Wrote about it in the newspaper people's deputies of the National Assembly (lower house of Parliament) of France Thierry Mariani and former French defense Minister Gerard Longuet. The idea of politicians had the support of 60 MPs from parties UMP (Union for a popular movement ) and UDI (Union of Democrats and independent " ). at the beginning of the celebration of Victory Day Russia has invited world leaders to participate in the may 9 parade on red square in the Russian capital. However, a number of European politicians, including German Chancellor Angela Merkel, Prime Minister of great Britain David Cameron and the Swedish Prime Minister Stefan Levin, declined the invitation due to the crisis in Ukraine, and the head of the French Republic Francois Hollande referred to the employment.