France : la chroniqueuse prorusse Xenia Fedorova visée par un arrêté d'expulsion
Pro-Russian columnist Xenia Fedorova, former head of the Russian state channel RT in France and accused of being the voice of the Kremlin in French media, was given a ministerial deportation order on Wednesday, the French Interior Ministry told AFP.
According to the daily newspaper Libération, the expulsion order denounces behavior that "undermines the fundamental interests of the State," and his presence on French territory "constitutes for this reason a particularly serious and current threat to public order."
"By deploying her narratives", the columnist for several radio and television stations under the control of Vincent Bolloré "is positioning herself as a relay for disinformation campaigns directed by the Russian authorities" with the aim "of destabilizing public order" in France.
It "contributes to the dissemination of disinformation and destabilization rhetoric", "aimed at manipulating public opinion", "at undermining the confidence of European citizens and in particular French citizens in their institutions", according to the ministerial decree cited by Libération.
Elsewhere in Europe, Xenia Fedorova is banned from entering Germany, a source close to the case told AFP.
A heated controversy was sparked at the end of May after the revelation of the extension in 2024 for 10 years of the residence permit of the 45-year-old Russian woman and an article in the newspaper Le Monde which attributed to her a growing influence on the conservative billionaire Vincent Bolloré.
"There are permits that are automatically renewed for foreigners who have been in a regular situation for several years and who meet the conditions. They are issued every day," the Minister of the Interior, Laurent Nuñez, had indicated at the time, assuring that there had been no "intervention" from the government for this extension.
Former head of the Russian channel RT in France, banned in the EU since March 2022 and the invasion of Ukraine by Russia, Xenia Fedorova appears in particular on CNews and Europe 1 and writes a column in the weekly JDNews.
The French government and President Emmanuel Macron have labeled Xenia Fedorova a Kremlin "propagandist." Members of the European Parliament have called on the European Union to impose sanctions against her.
The columnist was able to count on the support of the leaders of the Bolloré galaxy, who invoked freedom of expression and pluralism of opinions.
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