Monday, March 06, 2017

'Russian threat is a scam, the danger is to pursue Cold War against Russia' – Le Pen

French presidential candidate Marine Le Pen has branded the claims that Russia poses a threat to Europe “a big scam.” She believes that the real danger is “carrying out a Cold War against Russia and pushing Russia into China’s arms,” she said in a CBS interview.

During the interview, CBS host Anderson Cooper challenged Le Pen with questions such as, “You don’t believe Russia’s a threat for Europe?” while raising the familiar “Crimea invasion” argument against Moscow.

The right-wing French presidential candidate dismissed the“Russian threat” claims as a “big scam,” saying she doesn’t believe in it “at all.”

“I’ll tell you what the danger is for Europe. It’s carrying out a Cold War against Russia and pushing Russia into China’s arms. That’s the threat to Europe,” Le Pen emphasized .... https://www.rt.com