Emmanuel Macron denounces “the hardening of the Kremlin regime”
Emmanuel Macron launched a virulent attack on Friday against Vladimir Putin and the “Kremlin regime”denouncing a “will of aggression” towards Europeans and a “hardening” in Russia ahead of the presidential election in March.
“Russia has entered a new phase and we must be lucid on this subject”said the French president, grimly, a few hours after the announcement of the death of Alexeï Navalny, number one opponent of the Kremlin.
“A phase of aggression against European countries through disinformation actions and cyber attacks”he pointed out alongside Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, with whom he had just signed a bilateral security agreement at the Elysée.
“Russia has crossed several thresholds in this area in recent weeks and months”he added, denouncing a change of” ladder “ and of ” nature “. “There is very clearly a desire for aggression against us”he said.
This “change of posture” from Russia “requires a collective burst” Europeans and their allies, insisted the French president, calling for “open a phase of new strategic and operational reflection”.
The death of Alexeï Navalny, in a prison in the Russian Arctic, “recalls in the most tragic way the reality of the Kremlin regime and its hardening”he said.