Russia has accused French presidential candidate Emmanuel Macron’s campaign team of discriminating against its media on Thursday, saying it had trampled on the freedom of the press by banning Russian news outlets from its events. The Macron spokesman referred to the two news outlets’ “systematic desire to issue fake news and false information”. Zakharova said Moscow viewed the ban as “deliberate and bare-faced discrimination against Russian media by the presidential candidate of a state that has historically been vigilant when it comes to free speech”. The Macron spokesman gave no specific examples of Russian media spreading fake news. party, accused Sputnik and RT of spreading fake news with the aim of undermining Macron’s campaign.

Source: The Guardian April 27, 2017 19:23 UTC