Le Pen visits Russia weeks before French presidential vote

Author: Associated PressThu, 2017-03-23ID: 1490274913211018600PARIS: French far right presidential candidate Marine Le Pen is headed to Moscow for meetings with lawmakers less than a month before the election.Officials from her National Front party said she is traveling Friday, on the heels of a trip this week by Le Pen to Chad as she bolsters her international credentials for the two-round vote on April 23 and May 7.The head of the Russian Duma’s international affairs committee, Leonid Slutsky, was quoted by the Tass news agency as saying Le Pen will hold meetings on the “international agenda such as the war on terrorism.”Main category: World