# Fact check: Inside Russia’s campaign to undermine France’s pro-Ukraine candidates

https://mins.news/en/item/123013

- The Kyiv Independent, 2026-10-30 19:25 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://kyivindependent.com/fact-check-inside-russias-campaign-to-undermine-frances-pro-ukraine-candidates/

> With France’s presidential election months away, Russian disinformation efforts are aimed at keeping pro-Ukraine candidates out of the Élysée Palace. Viginum, France’s agency for countering foreign interference, has detected hundreds of operations targeting the vote, including false claims aimed at Raphael Glucksmann, Edouard Philippe and Gabriel Attal.

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