immediately after that moment and in lyon, i interviewed andrii isayev and asked him: why are you hereen. vladimir putin believes that the national front is a powerful party in france. he is categorically against sanctions that create barriers between russia and europe. the national front agrees with him on this. putin also appreciates the party's position on ukraine. he believes that the national front has the right. to defend the traditional values on which european civilization was founded. in 2014 and for many years after that, marine le pen always maintained that the annexation of crimea was not annexation as such. in her opinion, crimea - this is an ordinary russian-speaking region. thus, she was very close to the position of vladimir putin. since the full-scale invasion two years ago, when russian troops tried to seize kyiv from all sides, marine le pen began to condemn what was doing ... russia, however, it was very difficult for her to completely sever these ties and distance herself again. she now opposes sending french troops to ukraine and denies the effectiveness of sanc