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Russia’s Putin Picks Le Pen to Rule France

Russian Roulette

French presidential candidate Marine Le Pen—anti-American, anti-NATO, pro-Trump—was received in Moscow Friday as if she already were a head of state.

Anna Nemtsova
Christopher Dickey 

World News Editor

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Anna Nemtsova

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Christopher Dickey

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World News Editor

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