France's far-right presidential candidate Marine Le Pen is in Russia for talks with senior officialsç APA reported citing BBC news.
In Moscow, the National Front (FN) leader will meet Russian MPs, but it is not clear whether she will also hold talks with President Vladimir Putin.
Ms Le Pen favours strong links between France and Russia, and wants the EU to lift sanctions imposed on Moscow over the annexation of Crimea from Ukraine.
The Kremlin also looks favourably on Ms Le Pen, a BBC correspondent says.
Ms Le Pen's visit - her fourth to Russia since 2011 - comes ahead of the two rounds of French presidential elections on 23 April and 7 May.
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