• bedwyr@piefed.ca
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    3 days ago

    They’ve been in open alliance for over a decade, there was never any doubt that would be the case. Putin bankrolled them back in like 2014 or something with a 8 figure loan.

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      2 days ago

      IIRC it was “only” 7 million Euros. Though in rubles it likely has more digits.

      Importantly, it became a loan because French courts ordered the Le Pen to pay the money back.

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        2 days ago

        Oh thanks for the correction I had thought it was 17 actually but didn’t look it back up.