Putin's Russia, an eternal power of nuisance

Russian President Vladimir Putin, November 20, 2020 © Alexei Nikolsky / AP

By: Daniel Desesquelle

3 min

In Vladimir Putin's Russia, the main political opponent Alexei Navalny is imprisoned after being poisoned, and his supporters are arrested by the thousands.

From Estonia to the United States via Germany or France, few countries have not been victims of cyber attacks from Moscow.

As for Russia's close neighbors, they live under the military threat of their big neighbor, as Ukraine and Georgia have already suffered.

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Both inside and outside his vast state, the master of the Kremlin imposed himself by force and violence.

But for what result?

Internationally, Russia is more isolated than ever, while its economy remains dependent on the world price of hydrocarbons and its GDP remains between that of Spain and Italy.

Is nuisance the only power of Vladimir Putin? 

With:

- Isabelle Mandraud,

journalist for the daily

Le Monde

,

ex-correspondent in Moscow.

His latest book

"Poutine, the strategy of disorder"

at Tallandier. 

More info: here

.

© Editions Tallandier

- Tatiana Kastouéva-Jean,

director of the Russia center at

IFRI

(Institute for International and Strategic Relations).

His latest book

"Poutine's Russia in 100 Questions" published

by Tallandier.

 More info: here

.

© Editions Tallandier

- Inna Doulkina,

journalist, former editor-in-chief of the

“Courrier de la Russie”.

Online from Moscow. 

With

Laurence Habay

from 

Courrier International

.

© International Courier

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