According to similar reports in the French media, French president Francois Hollande and prime minister Laurent Fabius will not come to Putin's "olympics" in Sochi. Fabius told about that (see the video) on Sunday's TV program Grand rendez-vous on Europe 1.
Fabius said literally the following:
"There are no plans to attend. But at the same time I wish all success to these games, but top French officials have no plans to be there. (Ce n'est pas prévu d'y aller. Je souhaite beaucoup de succès à ces Jeux, mais il n'est pas prévu que les plus grandes autorités françaises s'y rendent)".
Fabius did not explain the reasons for boycott because of the diplomatic considerations. The French newspapers did it for him, including the French edition of the British Huffington Post:
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