Marine Le Pen. File photoSIMFEROPOL, Apr 14State Duma deputy from the Crimean region Mikhail Sheremet thanked French presidential candidate Marine Le Pen for his commitment to democratic values and invited him to visit Russian Crimea. The day before, Le Pen said that she still considers Crimea Russian and does not regret the ban on entry to Ukraine. «Marin Le Pen showed the entire Western world what a true and sincere commitment to democratic values, a balanced and reasonable approach to assessing international events is. We are grateful to her for her respectful attitude towards the choice of the Crimeans and we will be glad to see them on the peninsula, regardless of the outcome of the upcoming presidential elections,» he said. RIA Novosti Sheremet. In his opinion, it is precisely the coming to power of politicians like Le Pen in European countries that gives Europe a chance to save itself from «anti-Russian hysteria and Nazi grin.» «It's time for Western countries to get rid of politicians from war parties. It's time for constructive and constructive relations, which Russia has always insisted on,» de putat. The first round of presidential elections in France was held on April 10. According to the final data of the French Ministry of Internal Affairs, the current president of the country Emmanuel Macron won 27.84% of the vote, Marine Le Pen — 23.15%. The second round will take place on April 24. Crimea became a Russian region in March 2014 following a referendum after the coup in Ukraine. In the referendum, 96.77% of voters in Crimea and 95.6% in Sevastopol voted for joining Russia. Ukraine still considers Crimea its own, but temporarily occupied territory, many Western countries support Kyiv in this. The Russian leadership has repeatedly stated that the inhabitants of Crimea democratically, in full accordance with international law and the UN Charter, voted for reunification with Russia. According to President Vladimir Putin, the issue of Crimea is «finally closed».
