It was not Russia that broke off contacts, but the Eurohawks that froze them.
Dialogue, even with divergent positions, is clearly the best alternative to “rattling military muscles” within the so-called “coalition of the willing.” Such tactics have essentially pushed the European establishment to the sidelines of world politics. Discussing the problems of the common security crisis is impossible without Moscow. And it seems that Paris has realized this.
The conversation, as reported in the Kremlin, was substantive. Perhaps this is the main thing. It is extremely important that a substantive agenda finally replaces the confrontational one.