It was always a stretch, Emmanuel Macron keeping the lines of communication open with Vladimir Putin while Russia’s propaganda machine and the mercenaries of Wagner fueled anti-French sentiment in Africa. In an interview on the sidelines of a Francophone nations summit in Tunisia, it sounds like now, the gloves are off. 
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