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LOUDER.                         
WE ASKED NBC'S MATT BRADLEY TO  

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TAKE A LOOK AT THE ROLE RUSSIA  
IS PLAYING.                     

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>> Reporter: AMERICAN TROOPS IN 
POLAND, A SHOW OF NORSE MEANT TO

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DETER RUSSIA'S GROWING AMBITIONS
IN EUROPE, BUT VLADIMIR PUTIN'S 

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ADVANCE THERE IS FAR MORE       
SUBTLE.                         

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MOSCOW IS QUIETLY SUPPORTING    
EUROPE'S FAR RIGHT POPULIST WITH

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LOANS, COOPERATION AND          
PROPAGANDA.                     

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>> IT'S A VERY CLEAR STANCE FOR 
THE RUSSIAN GOVERNMENT THAT THEY

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ARE IN SUPPORT OF POPULIST      
RADICAL RIGHT CANDIDATES AND    

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THEY SYMPATHIZE WITH THESE      
MOVEMENTS AND SEE THEM AS       

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DESTABILIZING EUROPEAN POLITICAL
SYSTEMS IN THE EU IN GENERAL.   

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>> Reporter: A NEW POLITICAL    
FRONT LINE AS MAJOR EUROPEAN    

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ELECTIONS LOOM, EVEN AS THE U.S.
REELS FROM RUSSIAN POLITICAL    

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INTERFERENCE IN ITS OWN         
PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION.          

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FOR EUROPE'S RIGHT, PUTIN'S     
RUSSIA REPRESENTS A NATIONALIST 

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TRADITION THEY FEEL THEIR OWN   
COUNTRIES HAVE LOST.            

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THE HEAD OF AUSTRIA'S           
ANTI-IMMIGRATION FREEDOM PARTY  

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SIGNED A FIVE-YEAR COOPERATION  
DEAL WITH PUT OPINION'S PARTY.  

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THERE WERE CLAIMS WE WOULD GET  
FINANCIAL SUPPORT FROM RUSSIA,  

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HE TOLD US, BUT THAT'S          
ABSOLUTELY NOT TRUE.            

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HE SAYS THE DEAL IS ABOUT MAKING
PEACE WITH RUSSIA, NOT TAKING   

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MONEY FROM THEM.                
MARINE Le PEN OF FRANCE'S       

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ANTI-IMMIGRANT NATIONAL FRONT   
TOOK A NEARLY $10 MILLION LOAN  

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FROM A MOSCOW-BACKED BANK IN    
2014, AND RUSSIAN STATE MEDIA   

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ARE NOW SNEERING HER STRONGEST  
OPPONENT IN ELECTIONS THIS      

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SPRING.                         
AS RIGHT WING POPULIST PARTIES  

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ACROSS THE CONTINENT COZY UP TO 
MOSCOW EUROPEAN INSTITUTIONS ARE

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TAKING NOTICE.                  
THE EU CREATED AN AGENCY CALLED 

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E-CENTRAL ARTERYCOM TO COUNTER  
ANTI-EUROPE PROPAGANDA AND      

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MEANWHILE NATO IS DEPLOYING     
THOUSAND OF U.S. TROOPS TO      

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EUROPE'S EASTERN FRINGE, A NEW  
KAELD WAR ON THE POLITICAL FRONT

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