Vladimir Putin is counting on a possible abandonment of American aid to kyiv. The European Union would struggle to compensate.

The period has probably never been so dangerous and uncertain. We must fear a strategic reorientation of Russian policy,’ warns a senior French diplomat. The attack in Moscow claimed by Daesh herald a further hardening of the regime. The black winds of the Siberian winter have been blowing at full force across Ukraine. Today they threaten to reach Europe, while the “re-election” of Vladimir Putin and the attack by Daesh in Moscow.