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Kremlin denounces 'persecution' after EU sanctions against Xenia Fedorova

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The Kremlin has described EU sanctions targeting Russian columnist Xenia Fedorova as “persecution”.
The former boss of RT France is accused of relaying Russian propaganda on the war in Ukraine, which led to her expulsion from France.

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Xenia Fedorova, former boss of RT France, is targeted by European sanctions for her support for the war in Ukraine. She is also the subject of expulsion orders in France.

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The Kremlin denounced on Friday a “persecution” the day after European Union sanctions against Russian columnist Xenia Fedorova, already banned from French territory for propaganda in favor of Moscow.

“This is blatant pressure on the media. This is persecution against a media representative,” declared presidential spokesperson Dmitri Peskov in response to a question from AFP during his daily press briefing. These sanctions, which consist of an asset freeze and a travel ban within the EU, are “illegal”, he added.

The European Union accuses the former boss of Russia Today France of having “relayed speeches in line with those promoted by the Russian authorities concerning the war of aggression led by Russia against Ukraine”.

The pro-Kremlin Russian columnist, 45, was subject to expulsion orders and the freezing of her assets in France at the end of July. Russian diplomacy denounced the “political persecution of journalists on the basis of spurious accusations”.

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