Alexei Navalny's imprisonment, after his poisoning, moved Russian and European publics, but did not induce a significant reaction from the European Union.
Many European officials advocate for "dialogue" with Putin's Russia. But what sort of dialogue? To achieve which objectives? And at what price?
The recent trip in Moscow of Josep Borell, high representative of the European Union for foreign affairs and security policy, turned to an affront for the Europeans.
As he was ta...
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Isabelle Mandraud is a journalist, deputy head of the international desk at Le Monde, and a former correspondent in Russia. Julien Théron is a political scientist, lecturer in contemporary conflicts and international security studies at Sciences Po in Paris. Together they authored Putin: The Strategy of Disorder.