French President Emmanuel Macron, standing alongside Russia’s Vladimir Putin yesterday, dubbed two Russian media outlets “agents of influence” which he said had spread fake news about him during his election campaign.In one of the sharper moments of a news conference marking a visit by Putin, Macron added that he had already raised the issue with the Kremlin leader in a post-election phone call, going on to say that the episode was in the past and would stay there.“When I say things once, I don’t usually repeat myself,” he said.During the fraught election campaign, Macron’s camp banned two Russian news outlets …read more
Source: Gulf times
