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so as to ensure a degree of deniability, but the disguise is sometimes rather thin. In late 2014, France's far-right National Front party, led by Marine Le Pen, secured a q million loan from a Russian bank with indirect ties to the government in what many interpreted as a bet by Putin on the future of Fre
million loan from a Russian bank with indirect ties to the government in what many interpreted as a bet by Putin on the future of French politics. Le Pen has subsequently spoken favorably of Putin and criticized the sanctions imposed on Russia by the EU.' She has even called for a strategic alliance
ions from reach- ing Russian audiences even as it steadily expands the reach of its own mouthpieces, the television channel RT and the news service Sputnik. China blocks the websites of mainstream foreign media while en- couraging its corporations to purchase influence in popular culture abroad through
US preeminence has been a topic of recurrent hand- wringing. Whether prompted by the flexing of Soviet muscle, most spectacularly with the launch of Sputnik in the 1950s; the civil rights upheavals and growing fallout from the Vietnam War in the 1960s, the Arab oil embargo and the Watergate scandal of the
Page: HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_014540 →ak away from the European Union? In France, for example, upcoming elections in May 2017 are likely to pit Francois Fillon of Les Républicains against Marine Le Pen of the far right Front National. Le Pen has promised a referendum on whether France should stay in the European Union, and, should she win, questions
Page: HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_014561 →example, upcoming elections in May 2017 are likely to pit Francois Fillon of Les Républicains against Marine Le Pen of the far right Front National. Le Pen has promised a referendum on whether France should stay in the European Union, and, should she win, questions about the viability of the Eurozone wil
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ations from reach- ing Russian audiences even as it steadily expands the reach of its own mouthpieces, the television channel RT and the news service Sputnik. China blocks the websites of mainstream foreign media while en- couraging its corporations to purchase influence in popular culture abroad through c
Page: HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_019238 →ed so as to ensure a degree of deniability, but the disguise is sometimes rather thin. In late 2014, France's far-right National Front party, led by Marine Le Pen, secured a €9 million loan from a Russian bank with indirect ties to the government in what many interpreted as a bet by Putin on the future of Frenc
Page: HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_019275 →€9 million loan from a Russian bank with indirect ties to the government in what many interpreted as a bet by Putin on the future of French politics. Le Pen has subsequently spoken favorably of Putin and criticized the sanctions imposed on Russia by the EU.' She has even called for a strategic alliance wi
Page: HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_019275 →Entities connected to both Marine Le Pen and Sputnik

Donald Trump
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Jeffrey Epstein
PERSONMaria Farmer
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Matteo Salvini
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Nigel Farage
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United States
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Viktor Orbán
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George Soros
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Marc Rich
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Vladimir Putin
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George W. Bush
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Angela Merkel
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Charlottesville
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Bloomberg L.P.
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Barack Obama
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Ronald Reagan
PERSONKremlin
ORGANIZATIONLeon Black
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Joe Biden
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Prince Andrew
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