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France says Russia can be represented but president will not be invited because of war in Ukraine

Russia will be invited to send representatives to an international ceremony commemorating the 80th anniversary of D-day – but not Vladimir Putin, the French organisers have announced.

The Élysée is reported to have accepted that the country should be represented but said its leader is not welcome because of Moscow’s ongoing war on Ukraine.

“In view of the circumstances, President Putin will not be invited to take part in the commemorations of the Normandy landings,” the Liberation Mission organising committee said.

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[-] tal@lemmy.today 40 points 5 months ago

In theory, that's up to the French state.

In practice, Putin wouldn't go to a state that wouldn't agree to extend diplomatic immunity to him.

And France isn't going to grant diplomatic immunity and violate it.

So there isn't really a scenario where he's going to go and then France is going to arrest him. Either France doesn't grant diplomatic immunity and he doesn't enter France, or France does grant diplomatic immunity and he passes through without issue.

[-] Sterile_Technique@lemmy.world 11 points 5 months ago

How much of a shitshow would it cause if France granted diplomatic immunity, and then the US carried out a special drone delivery operation?

[-] avater@lemmy.world 12 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

How much of a shitshow would it cause if France granted diplomatic immunity, and then the US carried out a special drone delivery operation?

why using a drone? Take him to the Eifel tower, I mean it does not have windows but it gets the job done.

[-] SomethingBurger@jlai.lu 12 points 5 months ago

"Hey, Vladimir, wanna go up ze Eiffel Tower?"

[-] force@lemmy.world 3 points 5 months ago

the nondefenestrative nature of the structure saddens me

[-] PlexSheep@infosec.pub 6 points 5 months ago

I mean, wouldn't that be a direct strike against France? NCD would love this.

[-] Sterile_Technique@lemmy.world 0 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

It's kinda like swatting a mosquito off your friend. Might startle them a bit at first, but once they see the intentions were good, they'll understand.

[-] maynarkh@feddit.nl 5 points 5 months ago

It would most likely mean the end of NATO, and potentially a lot of other US alliances. It would also make no sense, since the US could kill Putin in Russia if they really wanted to. They don't want to because MAD.

[-] Enoril@jlai.lu 2 points 5 months ago

Well US bases and operations (fligths etc) are not welcome here since general DeGaulle so they would be intercepted when entering our countrie borders.

[-] Miaou@jlai.lu 1 points 5 months ago

"[WR - any%] Make France ally with Russia and invade Germany"

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