MURDER, POLITICS, AND THE END OF THE JAZZ AGE
by Michael Wolraich
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MURDER, POLITICS, AND THE END OF THE JAZZ AGE by Michael Wolraich Order today at Barnes & Noble / Amazon / Books-A-Million / Bookshop |
By Paul Sonne @ WashingtonPost.com, Dec. 27
[....] The money failed to deliver Le Pen the French presidency in last year’s election, denying the Kremlin a powerful ally in the heart of Europe. Instead, the 9.4 million-euro loan, then worth $12.2 million, dragged her party into the shadowy underworld of Russian cross-border finance, putting it in league with people accused of having ties to Russian organized crime, money laundering and military operations.
The mysterious saga of the loan offers a rare look inside the Russian influence engine, demonstrating how people, companies and networks outside the Kremlin pursue President Vladimir Putin’s foreign policy aims, often without a centralized plan [....]
Comments
Another news item I decided not to post cuz it didn't actually go anywhere. Yeah, a bit strange, but a failed effort, no blackmail or quid pro quo, just kinda fades out - which for Le Pen is disappointing.
by PeraclesPlease on Fri, 12/28/2018 - 6:26pm