François Hollande. JULIEN DE ROSA/AFP
ANALYSIS – The former president was the guest of the Sorbonne’s strategic chair on Monday.
“Lie, lie, there will always be something left of it…”: This famous quote is also the motto of the Kremlin. “Vladimir Putin has an unlimited ability to lie,” confirms François Hollande. The former president was on Monday the guest of the strategic chair of the Sorbonne, which spends three months each year examining the major issues in international news in front of students. “What’s the difference between a little lie and a big lie? Well, the big lie sometimes has amazing effects. It’s so big you’ll wonder if it’s not true!
François Hollande knows what he’s talking about; he, who dealt with Vladimir Putin between 2012 and 2017, watched as the Russian president manipulated the chemical weapons file in Syria or twisted the Minsk agreements to make them favorable to Russia. It was he above all who, after the annexation of Crimea in 2014, after long and painful deliberation, signed the contract of the Mistrals, the famous …
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