France summons Russian envoy over ‘indecent’ Bucha tweet


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 France summons Russian envoy over ‘indecent’ Bucha tweet; U.S. announces more sanctions

Russia’s ambassador to France was summoned on April 7 to the Foreign Ministry in Paris after his embassy tweeted a picture claiming to be a film-set in the Ukrainian town of Bucha, where the killing of civilians has triggered a global outcry.

The tweet, which has since been deleted, appeared to show people preparing to shoot a film, with the words “Film set, Bucha town” written above the image. The embassy did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

It is the third time in as many weeks that Paris has called in the envoy. The embassy previously posted a picture depicting a body lying on a table called “Europe” with characters representing the United States and European Union jabbing needles into it.

“In the face of the indecency and provocation of the communication of the Russian embassy in France on the acts perpetrated in Bucha, I have decided to summon .... the ambassador of Russia,” Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian said in a statement.

President Emmanuel Macron has sought to keep dialogue with Russian President Vladimir Putin. He speaks regularly with Putin as part of efforts to get a ceasefire and begin a credible negotiation between Kyiv and Moscow. Macron has faced criticism for maintaining that channel. The French Presidency says the contact is at the request of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy.
Policemen work on the identification process following the killing of civilians in Bucha, before sending the bodies to the morgue, on the outskirts of Kyiv, Ukraine on April 6, 2022.

Bucha, 37 km northwest of Kyiv, was occupied by Russian troops for more than a month following the February 24 invasion of Ukraine. Local officials say more than 300 people were killed by Russian forces in Bucha, and around 50 of them were executed.

The Kremlin says Western allegations Russian forces committed war crimes by executing civilians in Bucha were a “monstrous forgery”, aimed at justifying more financial sanctions against Russia.

Speaking on Wednesday, Macron defended his continued dialogue with Putin after Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki berated him for talking to the Russian leader, saying nobody negotiated with Hitler.

“I think it is my duty. It’s neither complicity or naivety,” Macron said on broadcaster TF1, accusing Morawiecki of backing far-right candidate Marine Le Pen in Sunday’s Presidential election.

Meanwhile, days after gruesome images of murdered civilians in the Bucha suburb of Kyiv surfaced, the White House announced that it would impose further sanctions on Russian entities and individuals, including a ban on American investments in Russia and sanctions on the families of Russian President Vladimir Putin and his Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov. The latest round of punitive measures would be applied in concert with the EU and Group of Seven (G7) countries, the Biden administration announced.

The measures against Russia would include “full blocking sanctions” on Russia’s largest bank, Sberbank, and its largest private sector bank, Alfa Bank. No ‘U.S. Person’ (i.e., a resident entity or citizen) is permitted to transact with these banks and all their U.S. assets will be frozen.

President Joe Biden will also sign an executive order banning new investments in Russia by U.S. persons, and the U.S. Treasury Department is expected to announce a ban on transactions by U.S. persons with a list of major Russian state-owned enterprises on Thursday. There will be a carve-out for energy sector enterprises. Europe is still heavily dependent on Russian energy imports.

Also announced on Wednesday were full blocking sanctions on the adult children of Putin and Lavrov’s wife and daughters as well as Russian Security Council members — former President and Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev and former Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin.

The White House also announced that carve-outs and exemptions would apply for humanitarian activities.

India is not directly impacted by this new set of sanctions as they are specific to the U.S., the EU and G7. A senior U.S. administration official said that while India is not part of the G7 — and is a guest country this year — the U.S. remained “hopeful” to have as much alignment with India as possible.

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