President of France, Emmanuel Macron said this Thursday, without “no doubt”, that Russia will try to somehow interfere in the celebration of the Olympic Games from Paris, anticipating, for example, disinformation activities promoted from Moscow.

“Manipulation of information forms part of the military arsenal currently used by Russia“Said Macron, who took advantage of the opening of the main aquatic center to call for unity and “trust” as a counterbalance to any type of external threat.

The president spoke in statements to the media a day after French Defense Minister Sebastien Lecornu and Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu spoke by phone to discuss, among other things, the recent jihadist attack on an auditorium on the outskirts of Moscow.

Lecornu called on his colleague to stop “instrumentalizing” this attack for political purposes, but in its version of the call, the Russian Ministry of Defense insisted on the thesis of Ukrainian authorship. “We hope that the intelligence services are not behind this,” he even said.

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Macron called such accusations “ridiculous.”, accusing Russia of “manipulation” and “threats.” According to the president, one of the purposes of Tuesday’s call was precisely to convey to the Russian government “useful information” about the terrorist attack announced by the Afghan affiliate of the Islamic State.

Europe Press