Nicholas Grossman
1 min readMay 13, 2017

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Sure, no problem:

“the Front National ‘publicly acknowledged that it had received a $9.8 million loan from a Russian bank with links to the Kremlin.’”

“Le Pen denied that financing from a Russian-owned bank would influence the party’s policies. In 2014, her party secured an €11 million loan from the Moscow-based First Czech Russian Bank.”

“France’s far-right National Front party has taken an $11.7 million loan from a Russian bank to help finance various campaigns — money, officials said, party representatives were unable to obtain from any French or European bank, though they spoke to a dozen.

In the meantime, Jean-Marie Le Pen, the founder and retired leader of the party, has also taken a separate $2.5 million loan from a holding company belonging to a former K.G.B. agent, according to a published report.”

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Nicholas Grossman
Nicholas Grossman

Written by Nicholas Grossman

Senior Editor at Arc Digital. Poli Sci prof (IR) at U. Illinois. Author of “Drones and Terrorism.” Politics, national security, and occasional nerdery.

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