France’s nationalist Front National took out a €9 million loan from a Moscow-based First Czech Russian Bank, the party’s treasurer told French radio on Monday.
Front National, which has surged in the polls, with leader Marine Le Pen now a serious contender for president, explained they took out the loan from a bank owned by Kremlin ally Roman Popov, because the party were denied a loan from European lenders.
“What is scandalous is that French banks aren’t lending,” Le Pen told French daily newspaper Le Monde.
“We asked everyone for a loan, lenders from Spain, Italy, the US, Asia and Russia,” Le Pen …read more
Source: Newsweek
