By Alain Barluet
Published 2 hours ago, updated 1 hour ago
The Russian president is showing new confidence: the situation in Ukraine appears to be under control, the war economy is in full swing and he will be re-elected in March, ahead of the possible return of Trump, who would serve his interests. SPUTNIK/via Portal
DECRYPTION – The Kremlin's master is relying on the status quo in Ukraine to push through a negotiated solution.
Correspondent in Moscow
What if, contrary to all expectations, 2024 promises to be a good year for Vladimir Putin? We agree that the idea is counterintuitive and ignores the observation shared by everyone who studies the conflict in Ukraine, and that the next year promises great uncertainty.
Wouldn't the Kremlin chief have failed in the first weeks of his “special military operation” to take Kiev, then mobilize Western help against him and strengthen NATO? At the Russian borders, when he was aiming for exactly the opposite?
A fifth term
After 22 months of war, there are increasing signals that the Kremlin is considering a favorable alignment of the planets in the coming months, Putin himself is showing a new optimism, as at his press conference on December 14th. A few days earlier, the head of state had unsurprisingly announced that he would run for a fifth term in office next March, his re-election…
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