{"id":3501,"date":"2022-04-09T19:26:52","date_gmt":"2022-04-09T16:26:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tdcenter.org\/?p=3501"},"modified":"2025-08-21T14:48:14","modified_gmt":"2025-08-21T11:48:14","slug":"why-did-russia-invade-ukraine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tdcenter.org\/fr\/2022\/04\/09\/why-did-russia-invade-ukraine\/","title":{"rendered":"Pourquoi la Russie a-t-elle envahi l\u2019Ukraine ?"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"665\" src=\"https:\/\/tdcenter.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Russia-MIlitary-2021-1024x665.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3503\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tdcenter.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Russia-MIlitary-2021-1024x665.webp 1024w, https:\/\/tdcenter.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Russia-MIlitary-2021-600x390.webp 600w, https:\/\/tdcenter.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Russia-MIlitary-2021-768x499.webp 768w, https:\/\/tdcenter.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Russia-MIlitary-2021.webp 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Les \u00e9lites russes justifient leur guerre contre l\u2019Ukraine par diverses consid\u00e9rations, allant des menaces contre la s\u00e9curit\u00e9 nationale et de la pr\u00e9vention d\u2019une attaque potentielle contre les territoires russes \u00e0 la \u00ab d\u00e9nazification \u00bb de l\u2019Ukraine. Toutefois, les horreurs de la guerre que la Russie m\u00e8ne contre son voisin offrent l\u2019occasion d\u2019analyser et de r\u00e9\u00e9valuer l\u2019interpr\u00e9tation de la politique russe qu\u2019elle \u00e9labore et met en \u0153uvre avec constance depuis deux d\u00e9cennies. Une compr\u00e9hension approfondie des motivations sous-jacentes d\u2019une telle position au sein de la direction russe est essentielle pour concevoir la conduite \u00e0 tenir \u00e0 l\u2019\u00e9gard de la Russie.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>Qu\u00eate de statut<\/strong><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Dans l\u2019ordre mondial \u00e9tabli au d\u00e9but des ann\u00e9es 1990, la F\u00e9d\u00e9ration de Russie n\u2019\u00e9tait pas la superpuissance qu\u2019avait \u00e9t\u00e9 son pr\u00e9d\u00e9cesseur, l\u2019URSS. Avec l\u2019ind\u00e9pendance de nombreuses anciennes r\u00e9publiques sovi\u00e9tiques, la Russie a perdu des territoires ainsi que de l\u2019influence \u00e9conomique et politique. La recherche d\u2019une nouvelle <em>raison d\u2019\u00eatre <\/em>associ\u00e9e au souvenir, ancr\u00e9 dans l\u2019esprit de la population russe, de l\u2019influence et de la puissance r\u00e9centes de leur \u00c9tat, a engendr\u00e9 des id\u00e9es r\u00e9visionnistes quant \u00e0 la configuration actuelle du syst\u00e8me des relations internationales.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Il \u00e9tait clair que les \u00c9tats-Unis ne consid\u00e9raient pas la Russie comme un adversaire \u00e0 \u00e9galit\u00e9 et qu\u2019il y avait peu de domaines dans lesquels cette derni\u00e8re pouvait s\u2019y opposer. L\u2019un de ces domaines \u00e9tait la s\u00e9curit\u00e9 et la stabilit\u00e9 strat\u00e9gique, qui sont devenues l\u2019un des th\u00e8mes transversaux des relations russo-am\u00e9ricaines. Constatant que les questions de s\u00e9curit\u00e9 lui permettaient de se rapprocher d\u2019un statut de puissance mondiale et ne pouvant obtenir de r\u00e9sultats notables dans d\u2019autres domaines, la Russie a commenc\u00e9 \u00e0 s\u00e9curitiser sa politique \u00e9trang\u00e8re, c\u2019est-\u00e0-dire \u00e0 consid\u00e9rer la plupart des questions qui l\u2019entouraient comme relevant de la s\u00e9curit\u00e9, m\u00eame lorsqu\u2019elles ne l\u2019\u00e9taient pas. Ce paradigme s\u2019est manifest\u00e9 dans le discours des responsables russes sur des sujets tels que l\u2019\u00e9nergie, l\u2019\u00e9conomie et la politique.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">D\u00e8s lors, dans cette perspective, la politique russe r\u00e9cente envers l\u2019Ukraine et les puissances occidentales (c\u2019est-\u00e0-dire la construction du gazoduc Nord Stream-2 afin de manipuler les \u00c9tats europ\u00e9ens ; le rassemblement de troupes \u00e0 la fronti\u00e8re ukrainienne et leur utilisation comme moyen de pression ; l\u2019envoi d\u2019ultimatums aux puissances occidentales concernant la restructuration du syst\u00e8me de s\u00e9curit\u00e9 europ\u00e9en ; ainsi que l\u2019invasion de l\u2019Ukraine apr\u00e8s l\u2019\u00e9chec des n\u00e9gociations) visait \u00e0 obtenir le statut de d\u00e9cideur mondial traitant d\u2019\u00e9gal \u00e0 \u00e9gal avec les grandes puissances.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>Protection de la sph\u00e8re d\u2019influence<\/strong><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Dans le prolongement des consid\u00e9rations susmentionn\u00e9es, les Russes estiment que leur \u00c9tat poss\u00e8de une sph\u00e8re d\u2019influence qui doit rester inviolable pour les autres acteurs. Naturellement, cette \u00ab zone d\u2019int\u00e9r\u00eat exclusif \u00bb englobe les anciennes r\u00e9publiques sovi\u00e9tiques et les membres du bloc socialiste. Cela explique pourquoi Poutine a qualifi\u00e9 l\u2019effondrement de l\u2019Union sovi\u00e9tique de plus grande catastrophe g\u00e9opolitique du XXe si\u00e8cle : il a permis aux anciens alli\u00e9s de la Russie de s\u2019en \u00e9loigner et a conduit certains d\u2019entre eux \u00e0 rejoindre l\u2019OTAN et l\u2019Union europ\u00e9enne.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Dans cette optique, tout signe d\u2019une politique pro-occidentale impliquant une perte d\u2019influence politique russe est per\u00e7u comme une menace pour les int\u00e9r\u00eats nationaux et v\u00e9cu particuli\u00e8rement douloureusement par le Kremlin. Cela s\u2019est manifest\u00e9 lors des soul\u00e8vements populaires au B\u00e9larus et au Kazakhstan, o\u00f9 la Russie a activement soutenu les gouvernements prorusses ; en 2008, lorsqu\u2019elle a envahi la G\u00e9orgie apr\u00e8s que celle-ci eut exprim\u00e9 son intention de rejoindre l\u2019OTAN ; et en 2014 en Ukraine, lorsque la R\u00e9volution de la dignit\u00e9 a conduit au renversement du pr\u00e9sident prorusse Ianoukovytch et que la Russie a occup\u00e9 la Crim\u00e9e et attis\u00e9 la guerre dans la r\u00e9gion ukrainienne du Donbass. La reprise des hostilit\u00e9s en cours constitue la continuation naturelle de cette ligne de la politique russe, qui vise \u00e0 violer les droits de l\u2019homme et \u00e0 limiter la souverainet\u00e9 des \u00c9tats ind\u00e9pendants qu\u2019elle consid\u00e8re comme relevant de sa sph\u00e8re d\u2019influence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>Recherche d\u2019un ennemi ext\u00e9rieur pour dissimuler les probl\u00e8mes internes<\/strong><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Bien que la Russie soit le plus grand pays du monde et qu\u2019elle soit riche en ressources naturelles, la majeure partie de sa population vit dans une grande pauvret\u00e9. Le Kremlin \u00e9tant tr\u00e8s pr\u00e9occup\u00e9 par son maintien au pouvoir, il doit donner l\u2019apparence de processus d\u00e9mocratiques dans l\u2019\u00c9tat et assurer le soutien public. Pour d\u00e9tourner l\u2019attention des probl\u00e8mes auxquels les Russes ordinaires sont confront\u00e9s dans leur vie quotidienne, un vaste ensemble de mythes est cr\u00e9\u00e9 et diffus\u00e9 par la machine de propagande, qui d\u00e9crit des ennemis \u00e9trangers faisant tout leur possible pour d\u00e9truire l\u2019\u00c9tat. Naturellement, ces r\u00e9cits se concentrent surtout sur les puissances occidentales et l\u2019OTAN, consid\u00e9r\u00e9es comme des acteurs hostiles coupables de tous les malheurs russes.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Malgr\u00e9 le caract\u00e8re totalement infond\u00e9 de telles accusations contre l\u2019Occident et les nombreuses violations des droits de l\u2019homme et des lois nationales commises par Poutine et l\u2019ensemble des \u00e9lites russes, ces derniers sont consid\u00e9r\u00e9s comme les messies et les sauveurs de la nation. D\u2019o\u00f9 le soutien public croissant au pr\u00e9sident russe apr\u00e8s l\u2019occupation de la Crim\u00e9e en 2014 et le d\u00e9clenchement, il y a un mois et demi, de la guerre \u00e0 grande \u00e9chelle non provoqu\u00e9e contre l\u2019Ukraine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>La haine russe envers l\u2019Ukraine<\/strong><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u00c0 la lumi\u00e8re des points pr\u00e9c\u00e9dents, la valeur g\u00e9opolitique, \u00e9conomique et symbolique de l\u2019Ukraine rev\u00eatait une importance particuli\u00e8re pour les \u00e9lites russes. Par cons\u00e9quent, le Kremlin a tout fait pour emp\u00eacher les Ukrainiens de s\u2019\u00e9loigner de la Russie. Toutefois, la plupart des efforts russes pour cr\u00e9er une image positive de leur pays aupr\u00e8s de la population ukrainienne, notamment, sans s\u2019y limiter, le g\u00e9n\u00e9reux financement de candidats \u00e0 la pr\u00e9sidence, de partis politiques et de cha\u00eenes de t\u00e9l\u00e9vision prorusses, ont produit l\u2019effet inverse.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">L\u2019opposition du peuple ukrainien aux nombreuses tentatives d\u2019oppression et sa volont\u00e9 d\u2019emprunter la voie de l\u2019Occident, de la d\u00e9mocratie et de la libert\u00e9 ont suscit\u00e9 une forme particuli\u00e8re de m\u00e9pris envers les Ukrainiens au sein des \u00e9lites russes, m\u00e9pris largement repris et partag\u00e9 par la population ; chaque pas de l\u2019Ukraine vers la r\u00e9ussite est per\u00e7u comme hostile \u00e0 la Russie. L\u2019invasion \u00e0 grande \u00e9chelle a encore donn\u00e9 aux Russes l\u2019occasion de montrer qu\u2019ils ne s\u2019arr\u00eateront pas tant que l\u2019\u00c9tat ukrainien ind\u00e9pendant n\u2019aura pas cess\u00e9 d\u2019exister.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Compte tenu de ce qui pr\u00e9c\u00e8de, la politique \u00e9trang\u00e8re agressive de la Russie, qu\u2019elle met en \u0153uvre depuis des ann\u00e9es, a \u00e9t\u00e9 largement mal interpr\u00e9t\u00e9e et sous-estim\u00e9e. Toutefois, l\u2019agression ouverte contre un \u00c9tat d\u00e9mocratique presque au centre de l\u2019Europe aide le monde civilis\u00e9 \u00e0 prendre conscience de la v\u00e9ritable nature de la politique russe et \u00e0 comprendre que dissuader ou apaiser un agresseur d\u2019une telle ampleur ne saurait remplacer une r\u00e9ponse unie et puissante destin\u00e9e \u00e0 l\u2019arr\u00eater.&nbsp;<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Russian establishment has been justifying its war against Ukraine by different considerations ranging from threats to national security and preventing a potential attack on Russian territories to the \u201cdenazification\u201d of Ukraine. 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