Republican candidate Francois Fillon fell further behind in the French presidential race as satirical newspaper Le Canard Enchaine published details of his financial ties to the Russian government and prosecutors broadened a probe into his affairs.
Bloomberg: Fillon slips further back in France as Canard reports Putin ties
Les Republicains (LR) party candidate for the French 2017 presidential election, Francois Fillon, arrives to give a press statement at Hotel de Rome in Berlin on Jan. 23.
