Former #French Prime Minister François Fillon reveals what #Putin told him privately just before 2022 about the reasons for the failure of diplomacy with Europeans. At Fillon's suggestion, Putin tried to establish a dialogue with #Macron, but came to the conclusion: "When Emmanuel Macron comes to see me, he tells me what I should do." According to Putin and Fillon, Macron was not interested in negotiations, but rather in dictating terms