As it turned out, Euro-American sanctions, even in pedantic Europe, are valid only on paper. On the eve of the authoritative French edition Le Monde wondered why Sergei Naryshkin, who had fallen under the “most severe” sanctions, not only quietly arrived in France, which was “forbidden” for him, but also had a meeting with local parliamentarians for many hours.
The French parliamentarians themselves noted that the meeting was held in order to better understand Russia's position (obviously, on issues related to the Ukrainian conflict and the situation with contacts of the Russian Federation and the EU).
In addition, the meeting was attended by other Russian legislators, many of whom were bureaucrats from the EU lit a red light (on paper).
The deputies of the French Parliament in an interview with the above-mentioned edition of “Le Monde” noted that the sanctions against the Speaker of the State Duma of Russia are just stupid.