Faced with the pessimism of Austrian Chancellor Karl Nehammer after his meeting with Vladimir Putin in Moscow on Monday, many are wondering how far the Russian president can go.
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“If we ask ourselves questions how far Putin will go, I don’t know anymore,” Luc Lavoie says on La Joute.
For Mathieu Boc-Coty, the Russian president’s goal toward Ukraine has never been clear.
We return to him with the question: What is the goal of Vladimir Putin’s war? We never knew, that’s the problem.”
However, the charlatan believes that the Russian president “abandoned the idea of some form of reconciliation” with Ukraine.
We are in a policy of destruction. Something has changed in his programs, but how far does he want to go? “There are still question marks in our heads,” says Mathieu Boc-Côté.
Elsie Lefevre, for her part, believes that the duration of the conflict will benefit Russia.
The problem is that the struggle continues […]. Internationally, conflict becomes less of an absolute priority, and that leaves more play for Vladimir Putin,” she declares.
Luc Lavoie believes that the inaction of other countries, particularly out of fear of nuclear weapons, may also encourage Vladimir Putin to continue his attacks on other countries.
If we follow this logic, where will he go next? How far he will go, I cannot understand, ”he argues.
Watch the full excerpt from “La Joute” in the video above.
