Le Pen to Visit Moscow as Russia Calls Her Political ‘Realist’
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Marine Le Pen is to visit Moscow on Friday as Russia hailed the French presidential candidate as a realist who opposes globalization along with U.S. President Donald Trump.
The National Front leader will hold talks with State Duma Speaker Vyacheslav Volodin and lawmakers “at my personal invitation,” Leonid Slutsky, chairman of the international relations committee in Russia’s lower house of parliament, said, according to the Interfax news service. They’ll discuss the fight against terrorism and issues of Russian-French cooperation, he said.