
Why Putin Chooses Chaos
Françoise Thom’s latest analysis on DeskRussie was well received, as was « The second front: how Russia wants to undermine Western support for Ukraine ». Who benefits from the crime? Who benefits from the destabilisation of today’s world, if not Vladimir Putin and his supporters: China, Iran, North Korea, not forgetting Hamas, who want to establish a new world order? The Valdaï speech illustrates this desire to « destroy the international order to replace it with chaos » in order to « indulge in unrestrained depredations », as Françoise Thom puts it. Russia’s support for Hamas displayed by Putin and his propagandists is the latest illustration… As President Biden reminded us, in Ukraine as in Gaza, Putin is in charge. Putin’s speech at Valdaï deserves to be better known ! It has an air of déjà vu about it… […]