PARIS, July 30 /TASS/. French magazine Valleurs Actuelles on Thursday published an exclusive report about the Crimean voyage of ten French lawmakers who represented both chambers of the French parliament (the Senate and the National Assembly). Its author described the trip as the "Crimean premiere."
A group of French deputies visited Crimea on July 23-24 for the first time since Crimea reunited with Russia on March 18, 2014. According to the magazine, the official French authorities tried to undermine trust in the lawmakers’ initiative.
The French authorities ought to have seen that French enterprises were the first to be hit by the sanctions imposed on Moscow, the French deputies said. During their visit to Crimea, they spoke about the economic plight of French agricultural producers, who are protesting across France against the consequences of the blockade, which the French authorities imposed on their own economy.
"People (in Crimea) live, work, do shopping and spend their summer vacations. On the whole, they are happy that they managed to avoid social, political and military tensions, which is reigning in Ukraine," Deputy Yannick Moreau said sharing the impressions from his trip to Crimea.
The French lawmakers became convinced that Crimea had avoided war and anarchy unlike many trouble spots in Ukraine, the magazine went on to say. "The military and police presence was moderate. The people of Crimea did not look like they were leaving under occupation. On the contrary, they were happy that they had made their choice in favour of Russia and could now live in peace," the report’s author who accompanied the French lawmakers on their Crimean voyage said.
An ordinary walk, which the French deputies took on embankment of the Crimean resort town of Yalta, turned into a true public jubilation. "The French deputies were greeted, hugged and given a hero’s welcome for the whole hour," the Valleurs Actuelles reporter said.
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