Russian diplomacy denounced this Friday the “Vulgar insults” and the words “Getting the limits of decency” of the French president Emmanuel Macron, who qualified last week Vladimir Putin as“Ogre” and “Predator”. These words “Getting the limits not only of reasonable but also decency, becoming vulgar insults with regard to Russia and its people”, said spokeswoman for the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Maria Zakharova, quoted by the state agency Ria Novosti.
The latter also accused France of having a “Ideology of scavengers” and “Take a political advantage” The conflict triggered by the Russian -scale Russian attack in Ukraine in February 2022, AFP said. Last week, when diplomatic efforts intensified to find a way out of the conflict, Emmanuel Macron had qualified his Russian counterpart as“Ogre to us” and “Predator” Who “Does not want peace”.
Words he held this Friday, while refuting any insult against Vladimir Putin. “When we say that there is an ogre at the gates of Europe (…), I believe that it qualifies what the Georgians, the Ukrainians and many other nations feel very deeply, that is to say a man who has decided to go towards an authoritarian, autocratic drift and to lead a revisionist imperialism”he said during a press conference with the German Chancellor Friedrich Merz in Toulon, in the south-east of France.
France, the first opponent of Russia in Europe?
Relations between France and Russia have been at its lowest since the Russian invasion of Ukraine in February 2022. Shortly after the offensive, France had expelled 41 Russian diplomats, accused of carrying out spying activities under diplomatic coverage. In retaliation, Moscow had expelled 34 French diplomats. In recent months, Paris accuses Moscow of being at the origin of a series of acts of destabilization and disinformation on French territory, while France is criticized for its military support in kyiv or the censorship of Russian media.
Unwillingly “To scare the French”, The chief of staff of the armies was categorical this summer. Russia now considers France as its “Principal opponent in Europe” According to him. “It was (Vladimir) Putin who said” That France was his priority target on the continent, insisted General Burkhard at a press conference devoted to the threats to national security on Friday, July 11.
