Crossroads of Europe

What does Vladimir Putin want?

Russian President Vladimir Putin.

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By: Léa-Lisa Westerhoff Follow

1 min

After the invasion of Ukraine, the man who rules Russia with an iron fist has brought back the nightmare of a new war in Europe.

This Sunday, February 27, 2022, while the eyes of the whole world are riveted on this conflict, Carrefour de l'Europe offers to decipher the personality of the Russian leader, a central figure in the Russian executive since 1999, alternately Prime Minister.

or president.

Because after 22 years in power, the question remains open: what does Vladimir Putin want?

Who is he ?

What is his strategy and how far will he go?

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With :

- Françoise Daucé, director of studies at the EHESS, also head of the Center for Studies of the Russian, Caucasian and European Center Worlds.

Author of the book "

", published by Bord de l'eau

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former diplomat, director of the Wider Europe program at the European Council on Foreign Relations think tank

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former adviser to Jacques Chirac on relations between France and Russia, and author of the book "A Russian named Poutine", published by Éditions du Rocher.

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