Ukraine: “Through these puppet referendums, Russia has just signified that it will go all the way” (PARMENTIER – Morning Express)

 If the Soviet results of a hastily organized election are not very credible, Moscow has managed to show that it was regaining momentum after the rout of Kharkiv, explains Florent Parmentier, teacher at Sciences Po.

Florent Parmentier is Secretary General of CEVIPOF, the political research center of Sciences Po, and associate researcher at the Geopolitics Center of HEC. He is the author of Pathways to the rule of law; The narrow way of countries between Europe and Russia (Sciences Po Press, 2014).

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