EU Observer: Russia invites EU far-right to observe Crimea vote

By EU Observer.

Published March 14, 2014 at 2:39 pm

Ukrainian sailors parade on the naval ship Ternopil in Sevastopol bay on March 12, 2014. Ukraine will not intervene militarily in the separatist peninsula of Crimea, in order to avoid exposing its eastern border, Ukraine's acting president told AFP Tuesday in an exclusive interview. AFP PHOTO/ VIKTOR DRACHEV

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BRUSSELS - The Russian government has invited some of Europe's far-right parties to observe this weekend's referendum in Crimea.

The leader of France’s National Front party, Marine Le Pen, told press at the European Parliament in Strasbourg on Wednesday (12 March) that her executive has not yet decided whether to go.

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