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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Barney Davis

Bedbug panic ‘could have been spread by Russia’ French intelligence suggests

PA Media

The bedbug panic that swept across France may have been amplified by Russian state actors spreading fake reports over social media, it is claimed.

Sources in the French military have said they are“convinced” Russians fueled the fear of the blood-sucking critters by posting fake news that sanctions were somehow to blame for the itchy epidemic.

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