Today, the Russian policy of Paris seems at the end of a cycle. Since 2000, it is characterized by a support for Vladimir Putin, in spite of contradictory interpretations on the nature of its regime. Paris, who has a special relationship with the Kremlin, has been able to enrich its diplomatic options, even if, undoubtedly, it cost a swinging between interests and values whose effects have consequences beyond the bilateral framework. The bilateralism of the “privileged relation” is reaching its limits. This article thus replaces the French policy according to those of its principal partners by proposing a better articulation between the Franco- Russian relation and the dialogue between EU and Russia.