Companies across the West are retreating from Russia in the wake of President Vladimir Putin ’s decision to invade Ukraine. Some of France’s biggest firms are hanging on. Russians shopping for sporting goods, groceries, tools and hardware can find them at French retailers that continue to operate in Russia. French bank Société Générale SA’s local lender is processing transactions for Russian clients. Energy giant TotalEnergies SE is clinging to huge investments in Russian oil-and-gas fields. Auto maker Renault SA, which is 15%-owned by the French state, has been in a logistical scramble to restart its assembly lines in Russia, where it owns the country’s biggest car maker . The firm has tried to reorganize its Russian supply chain to replace parts it is missing because of sanctions, according to people familiar with the matter. French firms say […]