Kremlin-backed bank loans money to RW French party

[BeyondGeography]

http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/kremlin-bank-loan-french-far-right-party

A Moscow-backed bank has provided a multi-million-euro loan to the far-right French political party, Time reported this week, which is leading some to wonder if Russian president Vladimir Putin is trying to interfere with Western Europe's domestic affairs.

Marine Le Pen, who runs the National Front party in France, announced that she had received a loan of 9 million euros ($11.1 million) from the First Czech Russian Bank, which has ties to the Kremlin, according to Time.

“At this stage, Russia is trying to influence French domestic policy,” Jean-Yves Camus, a political researcher at France’s Institute of International and Strategic Relations, told the magazine. “In this respect Putin is pretty much in line with the former USSR. It is the same policy all over again."

[pampango]

1. "The enemy of my enemy (the EU) is my friend."

Even when I'm helping fascists and I profess to hate fascists in general more than my enemy does.

[Gman]

2. The American right wing nuttery has been exporting their ideology across the world

Australia comes to the mind first, but it has showed up in France, it's trying hard in Canada, and in many other industrialized countries of the world.

I started becoming suspicious of Russia too when 1) right wingers started praising Putin and 2) the right wing neo-nazi's in Ukraine made an appearance. I now believe the US right wing has been in contact with the Kremlin and are working behind the scenes there now. I'm not convinced, but it sure smells like it.

[Blue_Tires]

3. kick