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Three French presidential candidates denounce Russian interference in the electoral campaign

Centrist Gabriel Attal claims to be a victim of fake messages spread on X attributed to a network linked to the Kremlin. Édouard Philippe and Raphaël Glucksmann were also the subject of defamation.

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Three French presidential candidates denounce Russian interference in the electoral campaign

French presidential candidate and leader of the centrist party Renaissance, Gabriel Attal, has denounced being the victim of a disinformation operation by pro-Russian networks, eight months before the first round of the presidential election. In recent days, two other candidates for the Élysée, centre-right Édouard Philippe (Horizons) and centre-left Raphaël Glucksmann (Place Publique), have also been targeted by interference and messages spread on the network X with the false logos of some French media outlets, such as BFM, Le Parisien or France24.

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