PARIS -- France's far-right National Front party has taken an $11.7 million loan from a Russian bank to help finance various campaigns - money, officials said, party representatives were unable to obtain from any French or European bank, though they spoke to a dozen.
New York Times: French far right gets helping hand with Russian loan
Leader of France's far-right National Front (FN) party Marine Le Pen delivers the closing speech of the party's 15th congress, on Nov. 30, 2014 in Lyon.