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KYIV. December 9, UNN . After the unsuccessful attempts of the Kremlin to destabilize Emmanuel Macron's presidential campaign in 2017, pro-Russian social media reactivated his activity of discredit. To do this, they use the protest movement of "yellow vests". This is reported by UNN with reference to the Bloomberg Inquiry.
Among the 600 tweeter accounts known for their active pro-Russian stance, the #giletsjaunes (French name for the so-called "yellow vest" – ed.) Has become the most used hashtag. This data was provided by the Alliance for Democracy Protection, a division of the German Marshall Fund in the United States, which monitors these accounts and other activities in favor of the Kremlin.
According to the Alliance, these accounts usually contain American or British information. However, for at least a week, the French demonstrations occupy the highest positions on these pages.
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The main subject of their tweets is that the French law enforcement forces are stopped step by step. rebellion and disobedience. According to Bret Schafer, of the Alliance for Democracy, complainant, this information is not corroborated by facts and reminds of other disinformation campaigns financed by Russia.
"This is an indicator of serious interest in intensifying the conflict," Schafer says.
Most of the information in pro-Russian account tweets comes from Russian media. Mostly Satellite, RT and Ruptly. These publications are particularly active in covering the French crisis. As a result, Satellite and "RT" reported that most French police officers did not support Makron and went alongside the protesters. As sources, they highlighted representatives of two police associations that garnered less than 4% of the votes in this month's national union elections.
They added a video to the police about the police in the French city of Remove their helmet to explain the actions of law enforcement officers. as a sign of solidarity with the protesters. But the local police and journalists who were in the place of the events denied this information. They say that some police officers quickly removed their helmets so they could talk with the protesters before putting them back in place.
Russian media did not respond to requests for comments on these statements.
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According to the publication, Macron reportedly said several times, during its presidential campaign in 2017, that the media who control Moscow spread false information about him. According to him, this was due to his harder stance towards Russia than to his main rivals, Marin Le Pen and François Fillon. But the negative stories, especially the "Sputnik" statements that Macron lives a "double life" and receives support from the "lucky gay lobby", have never found support in the society.
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