Marine Le Pen, head of the French far-right National Front, has appealed to Russian banks to fund her election camp as she is sued over a previous loan from the now-bankrupt Czech-Russian Bank.
Le Pen Appeals to Russian Banks for Funding; Putin Orders Probe of Prisons After Torture Complaints
January 3, 2017
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