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Radio France Internationale
Radio France Internationale
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Alison Hird

How anti-Americanism shaped France's Russophile elites

The domes of the Russian Othodox church are pictured with the Eiffel Tower in background in Paris, Sept. 26, 2016. AP - Michel Euler

President Emmanuel Macron’s call for Europe not to rule out sending troops to Ukraine to defeat Russia marks a turning point in France's decades-long "unhealthy fascination" with the country and its strongmen, argues journalist Elisa Vidal. So what's been driving the charm?

“Yes I admire Vladimir Putin,” announced far-right leader Marine Le Pen in 2017 as she posed alongside the Russian president in the Kremlin.

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