Two years ago, France’s Emmanuel Macron was widely seen as the most bellicose of Western leaders when it came to confronting Moscow over its annexation of Crimea and its fomenting of violent separatism in the Donbas region of Ukraine.
Voice of America: Macron’s courtship of Putin alarming Russia’s neighbors
French President Emmanuel Macron (R) gestures as he walks with Russia's President Vladimir Putin at his summer retreat of the Bregancon fortress on the Mediterranean coast, near the village of Bormes-les-Mimosas, southern France, on August 19, 2019, during their meeting for talks before the G7 Summit.
