The Great Puzzle of Russian Expansion

This article is taken from

a special file to understand the historical springs of the war in Ukraine.

Russia: The Curse of Empire.

Le Figaro.

Over the long term, Russian foreign policy has been based on an often successful expansionist principle, which has led it to push the borders of the state ever further.

Seen from Saint-Petersburg during the tsarist era or from Moscow under the Soviets, it was a question of adapting to the changing contexts of international balances while implementing a political vision centered on the idea of ​​"

", a reflection both of the territorial immensity and of the authority which governed it.

In his remarkable

the former zek refugee in France Michel Heller had underlined the warmongering logic of Russian power:

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