Relations between the Kremlin and the European Union have been steady worsening: Russian officials are increasingly resorting to anti-Western rhetoric, while EU leaders are becoming bolder in their criticism of human rights abuses in Russia. Yet, according to Paris-based author and analyst Elena Servettaz, the Kremlin has found new allies in Europe’s growing far-right movements.
Institute of Modern Russia: Putin’s far-right friends in Europe
French far-right Front National (FN) party president Marine Le Pen smiles as she salutes the people attending her speech in the port of Sete, southern France, on January 17, 2014, during a meeting ahead of the 2014 municipal elections in France. AFP PHOTO / PASCAL GUYOT
