The Paris prosecutor’s office investigates possible facts of corruption and influence traffic in connection with Franco-Russian dialogue, an association co-chaired by the MEP National Rally Thierry Mariani.
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It is one of the most influential political relays of Russia in France which is today in the viewfinder of French justice. According to information from the world, the Franco-Russian dialogue is at the center of two preliminary surveys opened on September 29, 2021 by the Junalco, the division of the Paris prosecutor’s office responsible for the fight against organized crime. This association, created in 2004 under the patronage of Jacques Chirac and Vladimir Putin, brings together French and French and Russian business leaders in order to develop cooperation between the two countries.
These two surveys target in particular Thierry Mariani and Yves Pozzo Di Borgo, two of the most active members of the association, known for their public positions favorable to the Kremlin. Mr. Mariani, European deputy and regional councilor National rally (RN), co-chases since 2012 the Franco-Russian dialogue and openly defends French economic interests in Russia. Mr. Pozzo di Borgo, former senator and advisor to Paris, ex-member of the centrist party Union of Democrats and Independents (UDI), is also a fervent support for the foreign policy of Vladimir Putin.
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The existence of surveys was confirmed in the world by the Paris prosecutor’s office, which however refused to express themselves on the identity of the people targeted. “These procedures are still underway and their development is covered by secrecy,” said the prosecution. According to information from the world, they have been entrusted to the Central Office to Combat Corruption and financial and fiscal offenses (OCLCIFF). The first survey, which concerns exclusively Mr. Mariani, is based on suspicions of breach of trust and money laundering in connection with the association-that is to say possible embezzlement belonging to the association. It has already given rise to searches. The second, potentially much more explosive, seeks to establish possible facts of corruption and influence traffic in connection with the association, Thierry Mariani and Yves Pozzo di Borgo.
Open five months before the start of the war in Ukraine, these legal proceedings have as its starting point a report of the Tracfin anti -iblanching cell, in May 2021. This relates to several suspicious financial operations around Franco-Russian dialogue and quotes the names of several French political leaders, including MM. Mariani and Pozzo di Borgo.
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