Russian president Vladimir Putin held a surprise meeting with French far-right presidential candidate Marine Le Pen in Moscow, Friday. He told press “we are not trying in any way to influence the French election”, according to the French language website of Russian state-sponsored media company Sputnik. Le Pen said, after earlier meeting MPs, she had her “own viewpoint” on issues such as Ukraine, but that it was “identical to Russia’s.” …read more
Source: EUobserver
