From the heights of the Kremlin, beyond the blood-red walls that separate him from ordinary mortals, Vladimir Putin observes the diplomatic dance of Western countries.
One after the other, they parade in Red Square or telephone him for sometimes two hours.
For ten days, diplomatic activity has been at its peak, but none of them has obtained the slightest concession from the master of the Kremlin.
Joe Biden, the president of the world's leading power, Emmanuel Macron, the leader of Europe, EU officials, the influential Germany, the turbulent Boris Johnson: all have been spurned by Vladimir Putin, the president of a huge but isolated country, whose GDP is the equivalent of that of Spain and whose demography declines every year.
“Our feeling is that Vladimir Putin remains on the same fairly offensive bases, believing that it was not he who took the initiative for the escalation”
but the Westerners by approaching the Russian border, explains a…
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