Sarkozy's visit to Moscow

Interviewed by Anne-Sophie Hojlo, Laure Delcour, research director at IRIS (Institut de Relations Internationales et Stratégiques) and specialist in Russian affairs and EU exterior policy, considers the meeting. "It is necessary to reach agreements on concrete subjects something that has yet to be achieved, especially on a European level. ... Russia is indeed going through a political evolution that can be worrying, but we cannot swing things the right way through condemnation. It is better to further integrate it in the concrete of nations, to 'socialise' it, in a way. New criticism would not be well perceived and would rather represent a bet in view of other Europeans who often criticised France for being too soft with Russia during the Chirac era."

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