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LE FIGARO.

- In your opinion, how far can Vladimir Putin go?

Michael Barnier.

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It's hard to read his mind.

A double feeling has worsened in him for ten years.

First, nostalgia for greater Russia and the Soviet Union, with a lot of resentment towards his predecessors Gorbachev and Yeltsin.

This feeling is coupled with hostility towards the European Union, perceived as a beacon of hope by many countries.

For thirty years, we have probably underestimated the economic, political and cultural shock that the collapse of their past power represented for many Russians.

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