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FvD co-founder Thierry Baudet (r) is a keen chess player (Photo: Frans Peeters)

WhatsApp leak exposes Russia link to Dutch far right

A Dutch far-right politician behind a 2016 referendum on Ukraine and the EU had fishy ties to Russia, according to new revelations.

Thierry Baudet, an MP from the anti-EU and anti-immigrant FvD party, spoke of his Russia contacts in internal WhatsApp messages with FvD colleagues, which were leaked to Dutch investigative website Zembla and radio station De Nieuws BV.

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