EU Council Designates RT France Ex-Executive Under its Hybrid Threats Sanctions Regime

The EU Council adopted Decision (CFSP) 2026/2164 imposing asset freezing sanctions on the former President and Director of Information of RT France (2017–2022) under its Russia hybrid-activities sanctions regime for engaging in foreign information manipulation and interference (FIMI). The press release cites her continued dissemination, via French outlets including CNews, Europe 1, and Le JDNews, of narratives aligned with Russian government on the Ukraine war, NATO, and EU-Russia relations following RT's EU broadcasting suspension; French authorities have separately identified her as relaying Kremlin disinformation and issued an expulsion measure against her in July 2026.