The problem with the warranty repair in Russia. I bought an Iphone without a contract in Paris, and now I must go there to have it repaired? In Russia, the repair takes only bought in Russia. Is this correct?

Question

The problem with the warranty repair in Russia. I bought Iphone4 without a contract in Paris, and now I must go there to have it repaired? In Russia, the repair takes only bought in Russia. Is this correct? So I was told over the phone in service and support in the near future, I was not planning to fly to Paris. Just for the sake of repairing the phone to fly to Paris is expensive.
The problem of 100% on your phone, as trying to change SIM cards of different operator and the problem remains.
Phone is constantly losing the signal during a call, and often just disabled.
I bought 5 phones for himself, his wife and friends, and only I have these problems.
Very annoying.

Answer 1

Yes you will need to go back to France as the warranty is country specific except in EU countries.  Or if you know anyone there they could take it to an Apple store if you posted it to them.