Russia (bbabo.net), - The French newspaper Le Monde published an analytical article by the columnist Sylphy Kofman, which claims that the "Putin maneuver" with the concentration of Russian troops on the borders of Ukraine took the Americans by surprise, and now they "act according to the situation." ... The RT channel drew attention to the material of the publication.

The author claims that back in 2007, at the Munich Security Conference, the Russian president accused NATO of having grown "to the very borders" of Russia. In this regard, the Le Monde columnist wonders why "the conditions that Putin now put forward to the US and NATO surprised the Western public so much."

According to the journalist Kofman, the reason is that the United States is currently focused on confronting China, and they are trying to shift the problem of resolving the Ukrainian crisis to France and Germany. However, the Russian leader has found a way to involve the United States in security negotiations. In doing so, he "said hello to Biden's team and forced them to return to the topic that she wanted to carefully put aside," says Kofman.

All of this raises big questions for Washington's European allies. "Some of America's European partners, who have already burned themselves with the withdrawal of troops from Afghanistan and are now concerned about the lack of clarity and foresight in the American strategy, note the contrast between Washington's extremely tough tone on Taiwan, which is on the list of" vital "US interests, and its statements in Ukraine, about which such words are not used, "Kofman emphasizes.

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