My life as a Russian exile in Paris: 'Becoming a customer of a French bank when you come from Moscow is a real feat'

'A Russian in Paris' (4/6).

Journalist Elizaveta Osetinskaya, who has taken refuge in France since Russia's invasion of Ukraine in 2022, recounts her difficulties opening a bank account as French banks are required to enforce financial sanctions against friends and relatives of the Kremlin. ...