[HIGHLIGHTS] Moscow attack: “The story of collusion between Islamists and the West is not new in Russia”

Moscow attack: “The story of collusion between Islamists and the West is not new in Russia”. Vladimir Putin, who maintains the thesis of a link with Ukraine, reinforces the idea of ​​an existential threat against which Russia should fight.

Isabelle Facon is deputy director of the Foundation for Strategic Research (FRS) She says Putin established a causal link between American and Western interventionism, notably the war in Iraq in 2003 and the NATO intervention in Libya in 2011. Subsequently, Moscow denounced American support for terrorist groups.