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Patrice Tiko · 08/08/2026

Gabriel Attal Files Complaint Over Alleged Russian Disinformation

Paris - 08/08/2026: Gabriel Attal has filed a criminal complaint, according to his lawyers, after allegedly becoming the target of a coordinated disinformation campaign on August 5 and 6. The legal action is directed against perpetrators who have not yet been publicly identified. Attal's legal representatives see characteristics in the dissemination of the content that they associate with pro-Russian influence operations.Fake posts and audiovisual content circulated on social networks, reportedly imitating the appearance of well-known French media outlets. They claimed that Attal was showing signs of Parkinson's disease. There is ...

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