"Ukuzwakalisa ukubonga okujulile eFrance ngalo mklomelo, ngiyaqonda ukuthi ukudalwa kwefilimu" Uhambo de France "kudlaliwe, kungaba yindima enqumayo ekwenzeni lesi sinqumo. Futhi-ke, kungaba ngokungaguquki ukuthi ungakuvezi ukwazisa kwabo kulo lonke iqiniso lokuthi le filimu ngeke ibe njalo. Kunezikhathi ezinjalo, kaningi, lapho umuntu athi: "Ngijabule." Lapha nginomzuzu onjalo. Ngiyabonga!" - kusho uVladimir Pozner.
I-Ambassador yaseFrance eRussia Jean Maurice Rieper, yaletha umklomelo kuVladimir Poznor, waphawula ukuthi ihlonipha isakhamuzi somhlaba. "Ungaziqhenya ngokuthi kwenzeka kanjani phakathi nempi ebandayo" ukuthi "iBhuloho" kanye nomlamuleli phakathi kwezwe lasentshonalanga neRussia, "kusho i-porsomat. I-Ambarsador ibuye yaphawula ikhono le-Russian TV "ukulalela nokunikeza umbukeli ukulalela abasuse."
Isinqumo ekwakhiweni kwePosner ngezinga lokuqala le-oda lenziwa ngoJanuwari walo nyaka. Ukuhleleka kweLegion ehlonishwayo kwasungulwa nguNapoleon Bonaparte (ngokufana kwe-Knight) ngoMeyi 19, ngo-1802. Ukuba nge-oda kuwuphawu oluphezulu kakhulu lokwehluka, ukuhlonishwa kanye nokuqashelwa okusemthethweni kokufaneleka okukhethekile eFrance. Umklomelo unama-degree amathathu: I-Cavalier, i-Officer, Commander kanye nezinzuzo ezimbili - iphoyisa eliphakeme kakhulu kanye ne-cavalier yesiphambano esikhulu.