Russia, moral bankruptcy – The file of L’Express

But how did Russia get here? The deleterious drift of this great power makes one dizzy. The manager ? Putin, who on February 24, 2022, the day of the invasion of Ukraine, swung his country – and Europe – into an absurd war. Putin, whose hateful diatribes and discourse of victimization justify the most absolute cynicism and the worst military exactions. With the help of Orthodox dignitaries, the media at orders and a muzzled population, when it is not complicit, as evidenced by the exceptional account of our correspondent who has spent the last six years in Russia. We also interviewed Anna Colin Lebedev, a sociologist specializing in post-Soviet societies, for whom the Russian regime is at a tipping point and will demand more and more sacrifices from its population. Who better placed to embody this moral sinking of Russia than Sergei Lavrov? Formerly renowned for his competence, the Russian Minister of Foreign Affairs is now causing consternation. His portrait can be found in our special file of the week.