War in Ukraine: Russia’s Putin ‘is in survival mode’ and ‘not rational’
Back to homepage / Shows / Perspective Issued on: 26/02/2024 – 12:11 08:49 PERSPECTIVE © FRANCE 24 Russian President Vladimir Putin needs to ensure his country remains in a permanent state of war. That’s the premise of a new book, published by a French political scientist as the world has been marking the second anniversary […]
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Russian President Vladimir Putin needs to ensure his country remains in a permanent state of war. That’s the premise of a new book, published by a French political scientist as the world has been marking the second anniversary of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine. Marie Mendras is an expert on Russian and post-Soviet studies at the CNRS in Paris, and a professor at Sciences Po University’s Paris School of International Affairs. She says Putin does not think rationally like the rest of us and “has the logic of a paranoid leader”.
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