An interesting article recently appeared in the French magazine Marianne – below is our exclusive translation. The original version can be downloaded here. Russophobia is doing well There are people for whom Russia is always wrong regardless of what it is saying or doing. The last example? The reaction to the first foreign policy speech of the new Russian president Dmitri Medvedev in Berlin. On this occasion Putin’s successor explained that “Atlanticism has exhausted itself” and that is not very rational to think that Russia still poses a threat to Europe. Dmitri Medvedev proposed considering a new pact of security in order to address the impasse surrounding Nato enlargement to Eastern European countries. That shows Russia is open for a discussion without preconceived ideas.