FILE - Russian President Vladimir Putin, right, shakes hands with French far-right presidential candidate Marine Le Pen, in the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia, Friday, March 24, 2017. Jailed Russian opposition leader Alexey Navalny threw a bombshell Wednesday April 20, 2022 into France's tight and tense presidential election campaign, alleging that Russian leader Vladimir Putin may have bought off French far-right candidate Marine Le Pen with a bank loan. Navalny offered no proof of his allegation, and made it clear he supports incumbent Emmanuel Macron. (Mikhail Klimentyev, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP, File)