Christmas 1991. For the last time, the red flag is lowered in Red Square to be replaced by the three Russian colors.
As a symbol of the fall of a USSR which kept under its light fifteen Soviet Republics.
Their borders, sometimes drawn with a sickle, will generate deadly conflicts which could be "
frozen
" under the protection of the Russian godfather.
But the invasion of Ukraine has weakened these precarious ceasefires.
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“
It is true that Moscow has so far guaranteed stability in these regions.
At the same time, the war waged in Ukraine does not set a good example (...) As the Russian policeman is now very busy in Ukraine, the former colonies are resuming their quarrels
,” noted journalist Thierry Wolton.
The “
near abroad
” so dear to Vladimir Putin ignites as the invasion of Ukraine drags on.
Russia and Ukraine, Armenia and Azerbaijan, Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan...
Le Figaro
reviews five conflicts...
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