what does Vladimir Putin expect from his telephone interview with Emmanuel Macron?

Emmanuel Macron will speak Friday, January 28, by telephone, with Vladimir Poutine about Ukraine to try to defuse the crisis and propose a de-escalation plan. Tensions are still as high between Moscow and Kiev. Russia “first wait to know what will be this path of de-escalation promised by Emmanuel Macron“, reports journalist Luc Lacroix, live from Moscow for the 8 Hours. “In Moscow, it was noticed that France was rather less alarmist than the United States and the United Kingdom. It is France, together with Germany, which, this week again, led the Russian-Ukrainian dialogue on the Donbass“, continues the journalist.

“Emmanuel Macron’s strategy for more than two years has been to talk at all costs with the Russians, but if France wants to play a role, seen from Moscow, it is a secondary interlocutor.“, adds Luc Lacroix, who specifies that the Russians want above all to exchange with the Americans. “As for the European Union, of which France currently holds the presidency of the Council, it is even worse for the Russians. It is not a reliable interlocutor, its positions are aligned with those of the United States.”