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Le Pen calls Crimea legitimate part of Russia

25 May, 2023 Thursday
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The leader of the French far-right Marine Le Pen has called the occupied Crimea a legitimate part of Russia, claiming that the will of the peninsula's residents was allegedly freely expressed

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She said this at a hearing on foreign interference in the French National Assembly, BFMTV reports.

“I have repeatedly had to express my position on the accession of Crimea... I believe that the people of Crimea have freely expressed themselves by voting to join Russia,” Le Pen said.

In her opinion, there was no annexation.

The politician claims that during a trip to Crimea in June 2013, she saw people gravitating toward Russia rather than Ukraine.

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