A motley crew of has-been politicians from far-right and far-left EU parties flocked to Russia-occupied Ukraine to cheer on puppet rulers there last week.
The propaganda campaign to entrench the occupation comes amid a Russian military build-up in the region, jangling nerves on a potential escalation.
Thierry Mariani, a former transport minister from Les Republicans, a centre-right opposition party in France, was the most senior politician to go to east Ukraine last Sunday (11 N...
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