Marine Le Pen Facing US Enquiry After Requesting Loan From Russian Bank With Ties to Putin
This is certainly a 180 degree flip from the days of the USSR when the Soviets worked through the extreme left elements in most countries. Neo-Nationalist Russia now likes the extreme right and fascist elements in most countries.
Le Pen’s party have openly admitted to taking foreign loans in the past following alleged difficulties in obtaining funding from French banks.
The National Front figurehead is now believed to have turned to the First Czech Russian Bank (FCRB) in Moscow to help fund her bid to become France’s next leader.
In a letter to the US Director of National Intelligence James Clapper, Turner noted the National Front party “publicly acknowledged that it had received a $9.8 million (£7.9m) loan from a Russian bank with links to the Kremlin, allegedly brokered by a sanctioned Russian Duma deputy, according to French press reporting.
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