Yanis Darras 08:51, December 27, 2022

Stéphane Courtois, historian and honorary research director at the CNRS, was the guest of Europe 1 this Tuesday morning.

At the microphone of Lionel Gougelot, the specialist in Eastern Europe returned to the war in Ukraine, and to the reasons which pushed Vladimir Poutine to validate the war in Ukraine. 

The military operation was to last three days, in some minds in the Kremlin.

But 300 days later, it is clear that the Russian special operation in Ukraine is stalling for Moscow.

For Stéphane Courtois, historian and honorary research director at the CNRS, Vladimir Poutine "made a mistake (by validating the special operation) because he was deceived in a certain way by his services". 

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