With Russians gone, French Riviera woos other big spenders

Private chef Selim M’nasri used to cook for wealthy Russians on the French Riviera once a month, but he says it has been “radio silence” from them since Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine. So the 34-year-old Nice cook is now working for top athletes and other rich clients. The Covid pandemic and now Western sanctions on Moscow over the Ukraine war have kept rich Russians away from the French Riviera, one of their favourite foreign destinations. But the region does not appear to have had trouble finding big spenders from other countries to make up for the loss of its Russian visitors. The pandemic ha…

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