Valdai Club

Yuri Vasilyev

Anatoly Vishnevsky

Evgeny Vinokurov

Vladimir Vasiliev

Vadim Voinikov

Natalya Vyakhireva

Antonio Villafranca

Dario Velo

Viljar Veebel

Jean-Michel Vernochet

France

French writer, essayist, journalist and geopolitist. Previous position: editor and reporter for Le Figaro Magazine.

Materials

Francois Hollande between a Rock and a Hard Place

The issue of the Mistral ships was high on the agenda of the Putin-Hollande talks in Yerevan. It’s a fact that France cannot deliver an empty hull and that its electronic systems have been supplied by Thales and Russian companies.

Yemen Crisis Jeopardizing Iran’s Nuclear Deal

There is no doubt about Iran’s diplomatic support for the Shiite insurgency. But Tehran is concerned about the Houthi actions, because they came at an inappropriate moment and can disrupt the Iranian nuclear deal.