Мария Катасонова - лицо российской кампании в поддержку лидера "Национального фронта"

Когда давала интервью журналу Politico, не думала, что окажусь для них «лицом российской кампании в поддержку лидера "Национального фронта"»
Подробная статья под милым заголовком: "Russia [♥] Marine Le Pen."

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Russia ♥ Marine Le Pen

‘It’s hard not to love her.’ Moscow can’t get enough of the far-right French politician.

MOSCOW — Russia is on a roll: Donald Trump is in the White House, the wheels of Brexit are in motion and the Kremlin’s Gallic target of affection — France’s Marine Le Pen — is riding high in the polls.

“We’re on the verge of a new global order,” said Maria Katasonova, the public face of a Russian campaign to back the National Front leader in the coming French election. “Marine will become president,” Katasonova predicted confidently, in an interview inside Russia’s labyrinthine parliament, where the 21-year-old assists a hardline, high-ranking lawmaker from the ruling United Russia party.

As it did during the . election, Russian state media is paying close attention to political events unfolding in France, aware of the country’s central role in gluing the EU together, especially after Brexit.

Le Pen is clearly the favorite, having won Russian hearts and minds by saying EU sanctions on Moscow over the Ukraine conflict should be lifted and by publicly supporting the Russian annexation of the Crimean peninsula. Such sentiment, combined with the far-right politician’s election promise to take her country out of the European Union, is music to Russian ears. While the EU remains Russia’s largest trading partner, both Western and Russian insiders say the Kremlin is keen to see the bloc weakened.

On television and social media, the 48-year-old French politician receives near-constant adulation, and particularly dedicated fans have created paintings and sculptures of her likeness.

Katasonova is among those who have caught Le Pen fever. In addition to the near-daily Le Pen tweets she sends to her tens of thousands of followers, Katasonova is planning pro-Le Pen gatherings in the lead-up to April 23, the first round of the French election, in which Le Pen is up against (among others) the independent and pro-EU Emmanuel Macron and the conservative Francois Fillon, who has been tainted by a scandal over payments to his wife and children. Katasonova organized similar events in Moscow for Trump on election day and his inauguration.

“She’s a Euroskeptic, she supports Russia and she’s just the best candidate,” Katasonova said. “It’s hard not to love her.”

A ‘charismatic blonde’

On the social networking site VKontakte, Russia’s answer to Facebook, fan clubs dedicated to Le Pen have mushroomed in recent months. In some she is described as a “beauty” — others have developed punchy memes for the National Front leader. One group, self-described as a “conservative patriotic resource,” recently posted photographs of Le Pen throughout her childhood.
The state-run daily Rossiyskaya Gazeta said a recently released Le Pen campaign video resembled a Hollywood trailer and described the politician as a “charismatic blonde” who was a “beautiful girl” in her youth.

The English-language, Kremlin-backed outlets RT and Sputnik have showered Le Pen with praise; state broadcaster Rossiya-24 offers more nuance yet clearly favors Le Pen, portraying her as an innocent surrounded by scandal and chaos.

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