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France freezes assets of controversial Russian commentator Fedorova

Xenia Fedorova, the former director of the French version of Russian state-run foreign language channel RT and commentator in media outlets belonging to the Bolloré galaxy is accused by the French government of promoting Kremlin propaganda.
Xenia Fedorova, the former director of the French version of Russian state-run foreign language channel RT and commentator in media outlets belonging to the Bolloré galaxy is accused by the French government of promoting Kremlin propaganda. © XAVIER GALIANA / AFP

France has frozen the assets of pro-Kremlin commentator Xenia Fedorova for six months, the government announced on Friday, adding a financial measure to an expulsion order already issued against her over accusations of spreading Kremlin propaganda on French television and undermining democracy.

The decree published on Friday immediately freezes her assets, citing a legal mechanism "aimed at preventing the commission of acts of interference" which could be renewed, the French finance ministry specified.

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