article_snippet.sent: A Ukip MEP has praised Russian president Vladimir Putin as a ‘very strong leader’ who has ‘put Russia first’.
article_snippet.sent: Ukip leader Nigel Farage sparked a row last year when Ukip leader Nigel Farage hailed Russian president Vladimir Putin as a ‘brilliant operator'.
article_snippet.sent: Taking part in a women leaders' debate on LBC radio, Mrs James - who is considered a potential successor of Nigel Farage - said: ‘Ukip leader Nigel Farage went on record saying if you provoke the Russian bear you get a reaction.
article_snippet.sent: ‘I admire Ukip leader Nigel Farage from the point of view that Ukip leader Nigel Farage’s standing up for Ukip leader Nigel Farage .
article_snippet.sent: Ukip leader Nigel Farage is very nationalist.
article_snippet.sent: Ukip leader Nigel Farage is a very strong leader.
article_snippet.sent: Ukip leader Nigel Farage is putting Russia first, and Ukip leader Nigel Farage has issues with the way the European Union encouraged a change of government in the Ukraine which Ukip leader Nigel Farage felt put at risk a Russian population in Russian,' she said.
article_snippet.sent: Ukip leader Nigel Farage caused controversy in March 2014 after Ukip leader Nigel Farage admitted Ukip leader Nigel Farage admired Putin as a ‘brilliant operator’ for Ukip leader Nigel Farage stance on the Syrian conflict.
article_snippet.sent: However, unlike Mrs James - who, Ukip leader Nigel Farage clarified Ukip leader Nigel Farage view on Putin by adding: ‘Not that I approve of Putin politically.
highlights_snippet.sent: a 'very strong leader'
  Comments came as campaign chief says party members are 'chauvinistic' 