The President of Russia Vladimir Putin on the last working day of the week on the sidelines of the St. Petersburg international economic forum (SPIEF) held talks with former Prime Minister of France Francois Fillon.




first assistant to the President of the Russian Federation Yuri Ushakov told reporters that during the meeting "will discuss how the Russian-French relations and the situation in the EU and in the world in the context of the Ukrainian fall, "reports RIA" Novosti ". Fillon takes an active part in the work of the forum and have had the opportunity to ask a few questions to Putin, for example, about the situation in Ukraine in the process of the plenary session. He also said that France will make the economic and political error, if not put Russian amphibious assault ships of the Mistral helicopter carriers. Fillon wants to achieve in 2017 candidates for the position of leader of the party " the Republicans ".

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