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Jordan Bardella, president of the RN, during his party’s summer universities, in Beaucaire, September 16, 2023 PASCAL GUYOT / AFP
INFO LE FIGARO – The sum, reimbursed in one go by the RN to the Russian company Aviazapchast, is substantial: “6,088,784.00 euros”, “capital and interest included”, specifies the RN.
Jordan Bardella had set itself the objective of putting an end to this sword of Damocles before the start of the 2024 European campaign. It is now done. The National Rally (RN) has repaid the entire famous “Russian loan”, we have learned Le Figaro this Tuesday, September 19. “It’s a relief given the political argument that this simple loan had become”, declares the RN deputy for Moselle Kévin Pfeffer, also treasurer of the party. The amount, reimbursed in one go, is substantial: “6,088,784.00 euros”, “capital and interest included”specifies the RN.
This loan, which had become a real political burden for Marine Le Pen and her movement, was taken out on September 11, 2014 with the Czech-Russian bank First Czech Russian Bank. In 2016, the establishment went bankrupt. The RN loan then ended up in the hands of a completely Russian company: Aviazapchast SA
By repaying this loan, very quickly, Jordan Bardella, president of the RN and head of his party’s list…