Putin hosts French presidential contender Le Pen in Kremlin

[Initech]

MOSCOW, March 24 (Reuters) - President Vladimir Putin granted an audience to French far-right party leader Marine Le Pen in the Kremlin on Friday, bestowing a level of international recognition that has so far eluded her in the countdown to France's presidential election.

Opinion polls show Le Pen, who has said she admires Putin, getting through to the second, decisive round of France's presidential election on May 7 but then losing to centrist candidate Emmanuel Macron.
Le Pen backs the lifting of the European Union's economic sanctions imposed on Russia over its role in the Ukraine conflict - a stance she reiterated on Friday.

"We attach great importance to our relations with France, but at the same time we try to maintain equal relations both with the current authorities and with representatives of the opposition," Putin told Le Pen at their meeting.
"We do not want to influence events in any way, but we reserve the right to talk to representatives of all the country's political forces, just as our partners in Europe and the United States do."

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She said if elected, one of her first steps would be to think about lifting sanctions, provided Moscow lifted its own restrictions on imports of some European food.

http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/putin-hosts-french-presidential-contender-le-pen-in-kremlin/ar-BByGDc1?li=AA4Zpp&ocid=spartandhp

Great - another Putin stooge we have to watch out for.

[Motley13]

1. Look out Emmanuel Macron, here come the wikileaks!

[Thomas Hurt]

2. Fascists of a feather, flock together