This is the main title of Parisian with this photo of one of these flying machines carrying a bomb…” Moscow is using drones intensively to pound kyiv, but overnight from Monday to Tuesday, it was Moscow that was targeted by these devices. (…) An extremely rare event, which forces the Russian authorities to show their muscles… while victimizing themselves to remobilize the population behind President Putin. »
Newspaper comment: this attack is a new phase of the conflict and the inhabitants of Moscow become aware that they can be targets. It’s unprecedented and it will further fuel an already devastating propaganda. ” And “ it is illusory, continues Le Parisien, to believe that the war could end tomorrow. It is settling more and more in Europe every day and no one seriously thinks that the conflict can find a diplomatic solution in the short term. »
Prigozhin’s insults…
For Release“ these drone attacks against Moscow illustrate Russian weaknesses. And arouse the anger of nationalist circles favorable to the war in Ukraine, including the boss of Wagner. “Which did not mince his words yesterday:” what the fuck are you stinking beasts? You are cattle! Move your ass out of the chairs you were put in to defend the country. You are the Ministry of Defence! »
And Release to analyze these words: this violent diatribe is a way for Prigojine to continue to exist in the media while, since the capture of Bakhmout, Wagner no longer occupies center stage. But also and above all, an illustration of the immense anger provoked by this attack in the most warlike circles of Russian society. »
” Yevgeny Prigozhin, Russian state blaster exclaims The world who wonders: what is Evgueni Prigojine looking for with this permanent one-upmanship? (…) How not to be surprised by Vladimir Putin’s silence in the face of the insults launched against his minister and friend Sergei Shoigu? (…) By becoming the spokesperson for the ultra-patriotic and anti-system camp, Prigojine has found a niche which he occupies almost monopolistically, summarizes political scientist Tatiana Stanovaya, questioned by The world. He is thus seeking to position himself in the ongoing transition at the top of the state. Not necessarily for the post-Putin period: the regime is already changing very quickly, with a president in withdrawal, whose place is diminishing. This does not mean that he is aiming for a specific position, he is trying to ensure political weight to influence and secure his positions. »
Macron-Borne: reframing, divergences, divorce?
Also on the front page, Emmanuel Macron who reframes his Prime Minister Élisabeth Borne after his recent remarks on the National Rally. Last Sunday, the Prime Minister denounced “ dangerous ideology ” of the National Rally, ” heir to Pétain she had said.
Yesterday, during the Council of Ministers, Emmanuel Macron would have dropped the following sentence: “ the fight against the extreme right no longer involves moral arguments. We won’t be able to make the millions of French people who voted for her believe that they are fascists. »
For Release“ this reframing in good and due form is significant of the ideological relativism of the president. There are two possibilities: either Emmanuel Macron believes that Marine Le Pen is not the heiress of Pétainism, or he considers that she is but that it should not be said. We don’t really know what to hope for. »
Are we heading for a divorce at the top of the state? That’s what you think Free Charente : “ after having contradicted Élisabeth Borne who claimed to no longer want to resort to 49-3 after the pension reform, then on the calendar and the very content of the upcoming immigration bill, Emmanuel Macron clearly lets it be understood that his future at Matignon is well and truly sealed. Waiting for, concludes La Charente Libre, Marine Le Pen can once again congratulate herself on the sequence, very happy to see the infamous brand of Pétainism removed from her party, by the very hand of the Head of State. »