Text messages revealing a potential bribe paid by Russia to France’s Front National party in exchange for an endorsement of last year’s controversial Crimean referendum were released by a Russian hacker group this week. The texts reveal Russian plans to “thank” the nationalist party “in some way or another,” for the endorsement of the referendum. Nine months later, a Russian-owned bank gave Marine La Pen, the leader of the nationalist party, a 9 million euro loan. …read more
Source: International Business Times
