France has ordered controversial Russian journalist Xenia Fedorova to leave the country, the interior ministry said Wednesday, after accusations she was churning out Kremlin propaganda on French television and radio.
Disinformation experts have raised the alarm about the influence of the former journalist for Russia's state-run channel RT, as France heads for a presidential election next year.
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French newspaper Libération cited the expulsion order as accusing her of acting "as a conduit for disinformation campaigns orchestrated by the Russian authorities" with the aim of "destabilising public order" in France.
RT France was shut down in 2023, a year after President Vladimir Putin ordered Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
