Marine Le Pen May Get a Lift From an Unlikely Source: The Far Left

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28. He's a Putin fanboy

Mélenchon has no particular liking for Putin’s autocracy (although in 2015 he preferred to criticise Boris Nemtsov, an opposition figure assassinated that year in Moscow, rather than blame Putin for anything). But what is most striking about the far-left leader is how he’s systematically refrained from ascribing any responsibility to Russia over the war in Ukraine and the annexation of Crimea, not to mention the killing fields of Syria. Only the west is ever held guilty for anything.

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2017/apr/18/jean-luc-melenchon-germany-putin-french-presidential-race

By contrast, pro-Putin social media in France have been busy lavishing praise on Le Pen, Fillon and, more recently, on Mélenchon

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/apr/12/russian-influence-looms-over-french-election

«Etes-vous pour ce que fait Poutine en Syrie ?», Mélenchon répond : «Oui. Je pense qu’il va régler le problème, éliminer Daech.»

(He supports what Putin is doing in Syria – He thinks Putin will eliminate ISIS)
http://www.liberation.fr/planete/2016/02/22/melenchon-prouve-son-amour-pour-vladimir-poutine_1435136