Reporters questioned him at the opening of a new Olympic swimming facility about whether he believed Russia was trying to influence the Games.
“Unquestionably,” he remarked, “even in the information domain.
Russia is releasing headlines every day claiming that because we can’t accomplish this or that, the Games will be in jeopardy.
According to the French government, Russia has increased its propaganda efforts against France lately by disseminating rumors and false information on social media through phony accounts.
It comes after Mr. Macron adopted a more assertive stance about the conflict in Ukraine, abandoning his earlier denial that France would never send soldiers to support it.
After the October 7 Hamas assaults, French officials think Russian intelligence was responsible for the Israeli Stars of David being daubed on Paris walls in an attempt to sow discord in the country.
