moscow s complimenting isolate putin. le pen for example opposes plan to wean europe off russian oil and gas and could jeopardize the eu ban on russian coal. her stance could embolden the kremlin by tying the eu s hands on any further measures against russia, should putin deploy even more inhumane war tactics in ukraine. in brussels, the eaves capital, european diplomats see le pen s surge as a real replay of trump s victory and a brexit. but this time, in the heart of europe. many are clinging to hope that she will lose, as she has twice before. quote, i just can t believe they would vote for putin s stooge. said one european diplomat who spoke on the condition of anonymity to speak freely. then again, the double man continued, i could not imagine that someone will vote for trump or that the brits would vote for brexit. one former french diplomat writes today, in the boston globe, sort of with his hair on fire a little bit. he says quote, at a time of the european union has shown un
i lived in her lithuanian friends take us off the air tonight, with their musical, passionate call to stand up for ukraine. and on that note, i wish you a good night. from all of our colleagues across the networks of nbc news, thank you for staying up late. see you at the end of tomorrow. f tomorrow in the 1960s, the early 1960s he founded a publishing house that distributed recordings of nazi speeches. and nazi marching songs. then in the 70s, 1972, he teamed up with a guy who had literally collaborated with the nazis. when the germans invaded france and occupied france during world war ii, he found a guy to
given the taste of the french public, she has had to sort of modulate some of her stances. when i say modulate not moderate because she just sort of changing the way she talks about a lot of it. even with putin having to invaded ukraine she s still promising that if she s elected, president, this weekend in france, she ll form a new bilateral alliance between french and russia. she says she will pull france out of the military command structure for nato. she is no longer saying overtly that she will pull france out of the european union like she did before, but if she s elected this weekend, you can certainly say goodbye to the eu continuing to provide weapons to ukraine. to defend themselves against the russian military. she has suggested publicly
holdout ukrainian fighters still trying to save the city of mariupol. which the russian military has already effectively destroyed. but where the russians want to control. and no one knows for the length they will go to the remaining ukrainian fighters and civilians there. in order to get it. the ukraine government has reportedly offered to trade russia one of its high value prisoners, one of its presence that russia will value highly. the russian linked oligarch victor who is now ukrainian custody. the current government reportedly offered to trade him to russia for exchange for russian giving safe passage to the mariupol defenders and civilians that are trapped inside that steel plant. according to ukrainian president volodymyr zelenskyy this evening, russia has not bother to respond to that offer. 250 miles north of mariupol is the second largest city in ukraine, the city of kharkiv.
known russia essentially has the right to menace ukraine. in to keep ukraine in its sphere of influence. again, the vote of presidential election in france is this weekend, the votes on sunday. the one and only debate between the candidates, between her and an emmanuel macron take place tomorrow. here s the washington post on of this afternoon. quote, already facing a resurgent menace from the kremlin, europe is bracing for the possible rise of threat from within. one who could bolster moscow, break the european union and diminish the nato alliance at the continent s most critical moment since the fall of the berlin wall. marine le pen a doyen of the far-right with a history of warm ties with russian president putin is staging her strongest bid yet for the french presidency. with polls ahead of sunday s final round election putting her within striking distance. should she succeed, european observers feel an illiberal russian friendly leader taking the helm of the eu s sole nuclear powe