# Xenia Fedorova, or how Russian propaganda turns free thinking on itself
**Date de l'événement :** 27/09/2026
* Publié le 27/09/2026

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The European Council has decided to adopt restrictive measures against Xenia Fedorova for her role in Russia’s continued hybrid activities, and in particular for engaging in foreign information manipulation and interference (FIMI), “thereby undermining democracy and stability in the EU and its member states”.  
  
The former head of the French network of Russia Today (RT) until the ban of this Russian state media outlet by the European Union after Russia’s 2022 invasion of Ukraine, Xenia Fedorova had found, early 2025, a prime platform in the media outlets owned by French media mogul Vincent Bolloré: CNews, Europe 1, JDNews. It was via these channels that she regularly defended the Kremlin’s positions on the war in Ukraine, minimising the Russian invasion, or downplaying the documented abduction of Ukrainian children reported by the international press.  
  
In late July 2026, France issued a deportation order against Fedorova, after Interior Minister Laurent Nuñez accused her of being “a channel for disinformation campaigns run by Russian authorities”, while the Minister for Europe and Foreign Affairs Jean-Noël Barrot branded her a “card-carrying propagandist”. Fedorova disputes these labels – she has filed appeals against the deportation proceedings, without success – and presents herself as a marginalised, even “banned” voice from a restrictive French media landscape (echoing the title of her book, published in 2025 by Fayard, a publishing house owned by Vincent Bolloré).  
  
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## Auteur(s)
Antoine Marie, Maxime Audinet

### Date
27/09/2026

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### Discipline(s)
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### Thématique(s)
`#Communication / journalisme / médias` 

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`#Europe` 

### Langue(s)
`#Anglais` 

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Andrii Yalanskyi / Shutterstock

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### Partenaire(s)
**[The Conversation](https://sources.sciencespo.fr/structure/the-conversation_QdYqgYnzKVyePLgMp3g8)** 


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`#The Conversation` 

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