With the partial mobilization of 300,000 reservists, Vladimir Putin has chosen to escalate against a conquering Ukrainian army in the East.
Under military pressure, the head of the Kremlin must work to silence the criticisms of Russian nationalists who are wary of the situation on the ground, but also the discontent of his population, to whom he had promised that the "
military operation special
" would not imply it.
"
Putin's power has always feared the radicals much more than the liberals
", underlines in
Figaro
Jean-Robert Raviot, professor of Russian and post-Soviet studies at the University of Nanterre.
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“
What could threaten him is a stalemate in Ukraine.
From the Russian point of view, we are not in a situation of political crisis, even a minor one.
We are not there yet.
Which doesn't mean it can't happen
," he said.
In fact, “
it is clear that Putin cannot lose this battle without losing his skin.
It pulls in the ranks of his supporters…
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