France’s interior minister has warned that television channel CNews could face criminal proceedings if it puts expelled Russian propagandist Xenia Fedorova back on air, even remotely, after French authorities determined that her activities served Kremlin disinformation efforts and threatened the country’s national interests. Fedorova, 45, was ordered to leave France in July and had her assets frozen after authorities said she had acted as a relay for Russian disinformation campaigns aimed at manipulating French public debate.JOIN US ON TELEGRAMFollow our coverage of the war on the @Kyivpost_official. Interior Minister Laurent Nuñez raised the issue in a letter to France’s ARCOM media regulator after CNews indicated that Fedorova could return to its programming by video link from abroad. Any return to air would “directly contravene” the expulsion and asset-freezing measures imposed against her and could result in several criminal charges, Nuñez wrote in the letter, revealed by Le Monde and seen by AFP. According to the expulsion order, Fedorova served as “a relay for disinformation campaigns” directed by Russian authorities with the aim of destabilizing public order in France. French authorities also described her activities as damaging the “fundamental interests of the State.” Fedorova previously led RT France, the French branch of Russia’s state-controlled RT network. The European Union suspended RT and Sputnik broadcasting across the bloc in March 2022, days after Russia launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine, describing Kremlin-backed information manipulation as an operational tool supporting Moscow’s aggression.