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Bruno Roger-Petit opens Elysee Palace door to pro-Russians

Bruno Roger-Petit, adviser on memorials and historical events to French president Emmanuel Macron. © Eliot Blondet/Abaca Press/Reuters

Ukrainian opposition figure Vadim Rabinovich, a pro-Russian who is close to Putin's Ukraine henchman Viktor Medvedchuk, appeared delighted to meet with Bruno Roger-Petit, President Macron's adviser on memorials and historical events, at the Elysee Palace recently. [...] (468 words)

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