MOSCOW: Moscow summoned a senior French diplomat on Monday over the arrest of Russian oligarch and senator Suleyman Kerimov in Nice in connection to a tax evasion case. “I confirm that (the chargé d’affaires Paul-Bertrand Barets) was summoned,” the Russian Foreign Ministry’s press service told AFP on Wednesday. The chargé d’affaires is a deputy ambassador that takes the top embassy job during the envoy’s absence. Kerimov was arrested on Monday evening upon his arrival at Nice Cote D’Azur International Airport.
