French Ambassador makes sure that Russia is rule-of-law state

French Ambassador to Russia Claude Blanchemaison has made sure that Russia is a rule-of-law state, where all labour disputes and conflicts are solved according to the law, Blanchemaison told Eduard Rossel, the governor of the Sverdlovsk region (the Urals) on Wednesday. Eduard Rossel proposed the ambassador to consider the possibility of a visit to the Sverdlovsk region by a large French delegation, including heads of major French firms, banks, the chamber of commerce and industry and the senate, the information department of the Sverdlovsk governor says. The governor believes that the visit may focus on practical proposals on cooperation in different industrial spheres - engineering, metallurgy, middle-sized and small business, information technologies, service industries and tourism.