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Le Pen: 'I didn’t make an enquiry into the ins and outs of the people who lent me the money' (Photo: europarl.europa.eu)

Mediapart: Former Russian spy lent €2mn to Le Pen senior

A former KGB officer lent €2 million to Jean-Marie Le Pen, the president of the National Front, on top of other Russian loans to the French far-right party, Mediapart reports.

The Paris-based online news agency said on Saturday (29 November) the money was wired by a Cypriot firm, Vernonsia Holdings, via an account at Swiss bank Julius Baer, to Le P...

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