Putin’s message finds a home on French TV  – POLITICO

The Kremlin’s flagship broadcaster may be banned across the EU. The former head of its French television outlet is not. 

Xenia Fedorova, the ex-president of RT France, is a familiar face on the country’s conservative news shows, where her Russia-friendly commentary on Ukraine, NATO and European security is fueling alarm among lawmakers and disinformation experts ahead of France’s 2027 presidential election. 

A one-time protégé of top Russian propagandist Margarita Simonyan, Fedorova once ran the French arm of Moscow’s state media operation from Paris. Now, with RT France shut down under EU sanctions, she has found a new platform inside media mogul Vincent Bolloré’s right-wing empire — appearing regularly on CNews TV and Europe 1 radio, where critics say Kremlin-aligned arguments are aired with little pushback.