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Paris Perspective Issued on: 03/06/2021 - 14:59 French President Emmanuel Macron hosts Russian President Vladimir Putin in Versailles in 2017 to discuss violence in Ukraine and the annexation of Crimea by Russian forces © AFP 7 min Relations between Russia s sphere of influence and its Western rivals is back in the spotlight after a Ryanair flight was forcibly diverted on the orders of Belarus s Alexander Lukashenko. This edition of Paris Perspective looks at post-Cold War power play and France s potential role as mediator. Advertising The recent interception of a flight from Greece to Lithuania by a Belorussian fighter jet over claims there was a bomb on board, led to an international outcry when it was revealed the plane was actually diverted to Minsk to arrest opposition journalist Roman Protassevitch and his girlfriend Sofia Sapéga.

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