Russo-American talks: "Ukraine is just a chess board where the Great Game is being played"

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Russian President Vladimir Putin in front of army and Defense Ministry officials in Moscow, December 21, 2021 © REUTERS - SPUTNIK

By: Jean-Baptiste Marot Follow

A week of crucial negotiations for security in Europe has started in Geneva.

Russians and Americans are talking face to face to try to defuse the crisis around Ukraine.

Analysis by André Filler, professor at the universities of Paris 8 and at the French Institute of Geopolitics.

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Sunday evening, a first working dinner between the emissaries from Moscow and Washington had set the scene.

The situation is tense and the outcome very uncertain.

While Moscow excludes any "

" during these talks, Antony Blinken warns Russia against a risk of "

".

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