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France orders Xenia Fedorova to leave the country

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  • French authorities ordered Xenia Fedorova to leave France, placed her under house arrest and required her to report daily to police, the interior ministry said.
  • The ministry alleged that Fedorova’s media activities spread disinformation, harmed state interests and posed a serious, current threat to public order.
  • Fedorova formerly headed RT France and now contributes to CNews, Europe 1 and Le Journal du Dimanche; her employer condemned the expulsion order.

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France’s Interior Ministry ordered Xenia Fedorova to leave the country; she has been under house arrest since the order was issued.

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France ordered Xenia Fedorova to leave the country and placed her under house arrest, according to the interior ministry and a source familiar with the case.

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