You guys may find this strange, but I feel like there was a lost diplomatic relationship between France and Russia at this time. I mean, Russia helped A LOT in WW2 (Ok not much surprising, with Hitler vs Stalin...), but still. France never really supported anything, and Russia has a tendency to dislike anything they see if it's not covered with red banners and hammers + sickles. For some reason, not France, at least I think. Any reason?

Btw if you wonder what brought me to this: I was searching for the old old old russian anthem, the internationale, and I got this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fqSDuaHFKuc. Listen to the first one... doesn't it remind you something? ^^