Fact check: Russia's campaign to undermine France's pro-Ukraine candidates Moscow-linked campaigns have spread false claims that center-left Raphael Glucksman helped set up torture prisons in Ukraine, that President Emmanuel Macron's protégé Gabriel Atel inherited a drug empire, or that mainstream candidate Edouard Philippe suffers from dementia. A victory for one of these three candidates would signal that Paris would remain on its pro-Ukrainian and pro-European course – making them a prime target for Russia. Photo: Benoit Tessier / Paul / AFP via Getty Images.

Fact check: Russia's campaign to undermine France's pro-Ukraine candidates Moscow-linked campaigns have spread false claims that center-left Raphael Glucksman helped set up torture prisons in Ukraine, that President Emmanuel Macron's protégé Gabriel Atel inherited a drug empire, or that mainstream candidate Edouard Philippe suffers from dementia. A victory for one of these three candidates would signal that Paris would remain on its pro-Ukrainian and pro-European course – making them a prime target for Russia. Photo: Benoit Tessier / Paul / AFP via Getty Images.