Russia has banned the entry of two French MPs and two journalists after RT propagandist Ksenia Fedorova was deported from France, Le Monde writes.
Deputies Sacha Houllier and Arthur Delaport and journalists Ariane Shemen from the newspaper Le Monde and Paul Gogo, who previously worked in Russia, were banned from entering.
The spokeswoman for the Russian Foreign Ministry, Maria Zakharova, claims that French officials allegedly took part in the persecution of Fedorova and called for her deportation from France.
Ksenia Fedorova previously headed the French branch of the Russian state television channel RT, whose broadcast was banned in the European Union in 2022. She also appeared regularly on CNews and Europe 1 TV channels and wrote a column in the weekly newspaper Le JDNews. In September, it was sanctioned by the European Union.
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