Vladimir Poutine, le premier ministre russe, est à Paris jusqu'à vendredi soir.
Vladimir Putin, Russian Prime Minister is in Paris until Friday evening. Photo credits: Associated Press
Russian Prime Minister will preside over the signing of twenty agreements in fields as diverse as energy, automobile industry or the environment.
For the two-day visit he makes to Paris until Friday evening, Vladimir Putin has tried brewing offshore. Russian Prime Minister will preside over the signing of twenty agreements in fields as diverse as energy, automotive industry (for rescuing the ailing manufacturer Avtovaz in Togliatti), environment, visa (to facilitate labor migration), culture (the year France and Russia held in 2010) ...
Received on Thursday night to dine with Francois Fillon, Vladimir Putin should not, however, see Nicolas Sarkozy, returned Saturday morning only to its South American tour. But the two leaders spoke by telephone Wednesday and the Prime Minister is expected back in Paris next June. As for Dmitry Medvedev, the president saw in Berlin, November 9 last, and he will return to France in the spring. In total, next year, leaders of both countries should meet on average every six weeks, illustrating the emphasis that Nicolas Sarkozy intends to give an all-round relationship with the Russian partner.
Frequency and intensity that require political bosses and French manage to tighter le tandem complementarity well established that directs Russia. Who to contact, for Dmitri Medvedev, President Vladimir Putin as the Prime Minister to expedite the messages out of the rut a folder becalmed, or prepare a contract? 'Nothing is done without Putin's agreement,' says a senior official of a major French energy group, adding that Russian Prime Minister 'knows its files on the fingertips. When speaking at the White House (the services of the head of the Russian government), 'the subjects are well treated and folders progressing well, which is less the case in the Kremlin (the seat of the chair, Ed), added this practitioner Franco-Russian trade.
'Tandemocratie' Russian
The fact remains, he says, it must 'secure the rear of both sides' in keeping current services of the President, so that 'both have the same information. According to one diplomat, 'the end purpose is that Putin does not rule décide.Il or little, but makes decisions in a very lonely, acting as a headend that distributes plans and access to resources . In Paris, some speakers of Russian government officials recognize that 'we have returned to a Soviet Politburo crowned by a relatively small'. However, insists on in Paris, the 'functional issue is more important than the game of guessing about who holds power in Moscow.
Clearly, a senior official said, 'even if Medvedev made speeches without holding the real power, he must take his word. With him, we talk about major international issues, with Putin talking about the issues that concern this super-representative of the Russian economy. 'This pragmatism is also due to the long sequence that is emerging at the top of Russian power. Allowed to stand for a dual mandate in 2012, Putin 'is here until 2024, for sure, bet it does in the French capital. At least between the two heads of 'tandemocratie' Russia, the game eventually seize up. Those on the French side, the practice both regularly do not discern the moment of substantive disagreement. However, one observer noted, 'Medvedev began to use his power of appointment and tensions arise between the enclosures.'
