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France suspects Russia has sought to spread fake stories about two top French politicians running or likely to run in next year’s presidential elections, a security source and one of the politicians have said.

French authorities last week detected a disinformation campaign targeting Raphael Glucksmann, a left-wing member of the European Parliament and vocal Kremlin critic expected to run for France’s top job next year, a source within the security services told AFP on Tuesday.

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