The Kremlin supports the candidate for presidency from the ultra-right National Front party Marin Le Pen in the elections in France because she is a supporter of the annexation of the Ukrainian peninsula Crimea, the lifting of sanctions against the Russian Federation, and also opposes NATO.

Such an opinion on the air of "Echo of Moscow" was expressed by the editor-in-chief of this radio station Alexei Venediktov.

"In order to heat for a candidate in a serious country, this candidate must have at least two qualities. And this is an objective reality. It's not because he's small or big or fat or a woman or a redskin. Or some. First quality - he must be anti-American. In his European country. Or more broadly, if we are talking about America - anti-Atlantist, anti-NATO. And if anti-Americanism is not applicable to Trump, anti-Atlanticism, antiglobalism - is applicable. And it was Trump there, it was Faraj here, it was right in Holland. Now it was accordingly Fillon and Marin Le Pen. So to speak. They were anti-Atlantists, "he said..

The journalist noted that the Kremlin considers the atlantists as its enemies.

"The perception of the current political team in the Kremlin and Putin's Vladimir Vladimirovich is that the NATO bloc is a hostile bloc, that the Alliance is a threat and a single wall. And this wall must be destroyed. If we make a gap there if anti-Atlanticists come to power in some key country - Trump or anti-Americanists - Fillon or Marin Le Pen or Faraj, or in Spain, the Catalan separatists. That's good.. Or Cipras in Greece. So it's good, it weakens the united front ". - believes Venediktov.

Thus, he added, the Kremlin is trying to create a weak link in the EU: "We play in the destruction of power. And therefore any anti-Atlanticist, any anti-American in Europe will have the Kremlin's support. This is our interests, according to the Kremlin. The first position ".

"The second position is the position in the Crimea and sanctions. Let's Take Together. Any candidate who doubts that the Crimea is Ukrainian and offers different designs to make the Crimea seem to be a disputed territory or would remain in Russia, as Fiona's last statement that Crimea is Russian. All. Dot. For us this is very important, it is very important for the country, it is very important for the political elite to recognize our rights to this property. To this territory. On these people. This is the second condition, "the journalist said..

Venediktov recalled that when Trump said that the "Crimea must still speak," the Kremlin immediately began to support him.

"This is what the current political team in the Kremlin considers important for Russia. He considers it a great boon for Russia. Destruction or weakening of North Atlantic solidarity and the recognition of Crimea by Russia, the lifting of sanctions, in a broad sense, the recognition of Russia's right to the post-Soviet space with the exception of the Baltic. Rights. Not territorial, but rights, where we are the main. These candidates will always be supported. It does not matter how their names are and in what country they are, "he said..

The journalist also stressed the fact that Putin traditionally supports politicians who share his personal values.

"Vladimir Putin's personal values ??are traditionally conservative: religion, family, sovereignty. Archaic. In the sense in which it is now understood in the world. Therefore, those candidates who declare or profess these traditional values, we will not offend the word "archaic", traditional conservative values, those candidates are more sub-priced than Putin, "Venediktov.

"It is clear that the country should be higher than the EU, so the UK's exit from the EU is correct. In terms of values. Not from the point of view of Russia's interests, it is unclear what, but from the point of view of values ??it is correct. And if, roughly speaking, Marin Le Pen says that France is higher than Brussels, Paris is higher than Brussels, it is necessary to withdraw from the EU - this is correct. Value other. And the same as Marin Le Pen and Fillon, who said that I am a Catholic, a family, children, yes, the church, it is very important, religion, faith. Very important. This is also very important for him, "the journalist said..

He added that it "is subjectively personally subject to those very guys who say" Krymnas "and who say" Down with the North Atlantic solidarity ".

"Therefore, it is quite understandable, the last thing, that if Vladimir Putin were now a French citizen and would be a lieutenant colonel of counterintelligence, working in France and being a Frenchman, it is quite clear to me that in all positions connected with values ??he would have voted in the first round for Francois Fillon, and in the case of Fillon's loss in the second round, it would be possible to vote for Marin Le Pen, "- concluded Venediktov.

As reported by the "Observer", the winners of the first round of the presidential elections in France were ex-Minister of Economy Emmanuel Macron and leader of the "National Front" Marin Le Pen.

Makron received 23.75% of the vote, and Le Pen - 21.53%.

The second round of elections will be held on May 7.

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