French far-right leader and presidential candidate Marine Le Pen said in her exclusive interview with Russia’s Izvestia that she will recognize annexed Crimea Russian territory in case she becomes the next French president.
“Yes, after the referendum, which showed the people’s consent to join Russia, I also recognize Crimea as part of Russia. Ukraine’s ownership of Crimea was merely an administrative matter of the Soviet times, the peninsula has never been Ukrainian. I regret that the referendum organized to demonstrate the will of the people of the peninsula was not accepted by the international community and the United Nations,” Russian newspaper Izvestia quoted Le Pen as saying.
