L'Ifri dans les médias - The battle for Russia’s soul

When I heard the news about the assassination of the Russian politician Boris Nemtsov in Moscow, I was reminded of a conversation I once had with a Soviet dignitary before the fall of the Berlin Wall.
We were walking alone in the park at Versailles, talking in general terms about the 20th century and its tragedies when my Soviet guest suddenly uttered something that has stayed with me ever since.

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