France investigates Sarkozy over contract with Russian insurer
by Kim Willsher in Paris from World news | The Guardian on (#5CWWP)
Detectives seek to establish if former president was employed to lobby on behalf of the firm
The former French president Nicolas Sarkozy is facing a preliminary investigation for influence peddling in connection with a 3m (2.7) contract he signed with a Russian insurance company.
The rightwing politician reportedly received a first payment of 500,000 last year after being hired as a special adviser" to the Reso-Garantia group, owned by two Russian-Armenian billionaire brothers.
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