French intelligence services facilitate Emmanuel Macron’s wooing of Russia

The French intelligence services worked behind the scenes for months to bring about the Franco-Russian rapprochement that saw Vladimir Putin visit Emmanuel Macron at his Bregancon fort summer retreat and Macron officialise the closer ties with Moscow at a conference of French ambassadors in August this year.

FRANCE RUSSIA Government Intelligence 24/06/2020

Macron plans Moscow trip 

FRANCE RUSSIA Government Intelligence 11/03/2020

French military gets in tune with Macron's Russian détente 

According to Intelligence Online's sources, around thirty top-ranking French military auditors from the Centre des Hautes Etudes Militaires (CHEM) visited [...]

FRANCE RUSSIA Government Intelligence 27/11/2019

Three ambassadors for Emmanuel Macron's new pro-russian push 

Sylvie Bermann, France's outgoing ambassador to Russia is due to [...]

UNITED STATES FRANCE RUSSIA Government Intelligence 27/11/2019

Google spoils Franco-Russian love-in 

Six days after a French delegation led by digital ambassador [...]

FRANCE RUSSIA Government Intelligence 13/11/2019

Quarrel at Trianon Dialogue 

At a time when French President Emmanuel Macron is keen to achieve a strategic rapprochement with Russian leader Vladimir Putin, [...]

FRANCE RUSSIA Government Intelligence 08/05/2019

Emmanuel Macron seeks detente with Vladimir Putin 

According to our sources, Jean-Pierre Chevenement, France's special envoy to [...]

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FRANCE RUSSIA International Dealmaking 08/04/2019

The French employers with a RDV in Moscow in April 

Moscow will play host to two bilateral economic initiatives on April 18, even as relations between Russia and France remain rather cool. [...]

FRANCE UNITED STATES Government Intelligence 20/03/2019

Russian cyber-chill between DGSE and NSA 

Washington is increasingly upset that France has not come out openly against cyber-attacks that are believed to have been carried out by Russia. [...]

FRANCE RUSSIA Government Intelligence 24/10/2018

Jean-Pierre Raffarin is Vladimir Putin's special guest in Valdai 

Former French Prime Minister Jean-Pierre Raffarin took part in the [...]

FRANCE RUSSIA Government Intelligence 29/08/2018

Foreign ministry, DGSE and ANSSI partly iron out disagreements with Russia 

Diplomats and intelligence services have negotiated throughout the summer to try to resolve security differences that have dragged on between France and Russia. [...]

FRANCE RUSSIA Government Intelligence 25/07/2018

Macron looks for cyber modus vivendi with Putin  Free

According to our sources, the meeting between Vladimir Putin and Emmanuel Macron in Moscow on July 15 was not only [...]

FRANCE Government Intelligence 11/07/2018

Rugy visits Moscow 

Francois de Rugy, the speaker of the French parliament, will [...]