NATO-Russia relations

A high ranking Russian official has exploded at a gesture from the US, warning the superpower that Moscow “will find ways to respond”.

Incident has sparked concerns that U.S. and Russia could be brought closer to direct conflict

One year into the war that Russia launched against Ukraine, FRANCE 24 takes a closer look at the anti-Western rhetoric President Vladimir Putin used to justify the conflict, which is rooted in events in the early 2000s, according to historian Françoise Thom, an expert on post-Communist Russia.