Translate the following English sentence to French:
"Mr President, in response to a question put to him during a radio interview on 20 January last, the Russian Ambassador to Paris declared that what the Russians were doing in Chechnya was fighting terrorism and that Europe and the whole world would subsequently thank Russia, when they understood the issue."
Monsieur le Président, l'ambassadeur de Russie à Paris, répondant à une question lors d'une interview radiophonique le 20 janvier dernier, déclarait : "Ce que nous faisons en Tchétchénie relève de la lutte antiterroriste et l'Europe et le monde entier nous remercieront plus tard quand ils comprendront".