France Expels Xenia Fedorova, RT Ex-Chief, Over Kremlin Propaganda as EU Lawmakers Seek Sanctions
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Updated · The Guardian · Jul 30
France Expels Xenia Fedorova, RT Ex-Chief, Over Kremlin Propaganda as EU Lawmakers Seek Sanctions
3 articles · Updated · The Guardian · Jul 30
Summary
France ordered Russian commentator Xenia Fedorova to leave the country and placed her under house arrest, with her lawyer saying she would immediately appeal.
The expulsion order accuses Fedorova of serving as a conduit for Russian disinformation campaigns aimed at destabilizing public order in France.
Fedorova previously ran RT France, now banned, and still appears on CNews and Europe 1 while writing for Le Journal du Dimanche, where authorities say she spread Kremlin narratives on Ukraine and the West.
Renew lawmakers in the European Parliament have urged EU sanctions against her, while Canal+ and Lagardere defended diversity of opinion as part of democratic debate.