We and our partners do the following data processing based on your consent: store and/or access information on a device, personalised advertising and content, advertising and content measurement, audience research and services development Russia bans two French lawmakers and two journalists from entry Moscow on Wednesday said it was banning two French journalists and two French lawmakers from entering Russia in response to Paris's expulsion of pro-Russian TV commentator Xenia Fedorova earlier this year.One of the journalists, Paul Gogo, previously worked as a Moscow correspondent for several media outlets, including FRANCE 24 and RFI. Russia's Foreign Affairs' Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova gestures during a press-conference following the Collective Security Treaty Organisation meeting in Moscow on November 10, 2026. © Igor Ivanko, Russia on Wednesday said it was banning entry to two French lawmakers and two French journalists in response to the expulsion of a pro-Kremlin TV commentator by France this year. Foreign ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said lawmakers Sacha Houlié and Arthur Delaporte would be banned, along with journalists Paul Gogo and Ariane Chemin.
She said this was for the alleged "harassment" of Xenia Fedorova, former head of RT France who was described as an "agent of influence" by French Foreign Minister Jean-Noël Barrot and expelled. Fedorova, who wrote for right-wing French media, slammed "censorship" against her, while Moscow for months pledged to retaliate against "persecution". Xenia Fedorova, the former director of the French version of Russian state-run foreign language channel RT, which was banned in France after the Russian invasion of Ukraine. © Xavier Galiana, Ordering her expulsion in July, France's Interior Minister Laurent Nuñez had accused her of relaying Russian propaganda in an attempt to attack "the fundamental interests of the nation".
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