Not only is Russia pushing right wing populist propaganda , in the case of Le Pen , they are literally funding her 0609 p u t i n s e u r o p e a n alliesdontneedhismoneyThe only proof of Russia ' s financial backing for antiEuropean Union rightwingers is the French National Front ' s admission that it secured a 9 million euro $ 10 . 2 million loan from a small but wellconnected private Russian bank . National Front leader Marine Le Pen is unashamed of the loan . Earlier this year , the party ' s treasurer Wallerand de SaintJust said the National Front was applying to Russian banks for more funding , since French banks were still refusing it credit . According to its 2014 disclosure the latest one available the NF had 13 million euros of debt and few assets . The Russian loan was clearly not a business bet .