Former Macron Aide’s Luxury Moroccan Villa Linked to Russian Oligarch Contracts

France Close Protection is the company that would, according to Mediapart, be behind the conclusion of contracts with two Russian oligarchs. It would officially belong to Alexandre Benalla, but he would only be one of its employees, on a fixed-term contract.

But where it becomes interesting is that this company would have rented for the companion of its fixed-term employee (and not the employee himself) a villa in the ochre city for the amount of 14,500 euros per month.

Mediapart writes: "According to our information, the company France Close Protection, which has concluded security contracts with two Russian oligarchs, has rented a villa in Marrakech for the account of Alexandre Benalla. Its cost: 14,500 euros. The lease was drawn up in December in the name of Benalla’s companion".

This contract was terminated in February. Mediapart would have tried to contact Benalla and his lawyer Me Jacqueline Laffont on this subject, without getting a response. For this media, France Close Protection "looks more and more like Alexandre Benalla’s personal company".