🚨 [THREAD] Total and definitive victory against the Kremlin media. In a procedure that lasted almost 6 years, all the way to the French Court of Cassation, RT France sued me in a typical case of lawfare (using law as a weapon) against France. And Moscow lost.
RT France was initially reacting to the publication on 4/9/2018 of the CAPS (@francediplo_EN)-@IRSEM1 report, which quoted RT several times but contained only 1 ref to RT France, on the case that had led to it being put on notice by the Regulatory Authority: diplomatie.gouv.fr/IMG/pdf/inform…
In the days that followed, we were subjected to intense and visibly coordinated attacks by the Russian authorities in Moscow and their media, including RT and Sputnik. Critics distorted our words, attacked CAPS and IRSEM, and sought to discredit the authors.
The #MacronLeaks operation was a coordinated attempt to undermine Macron’s candidacy in the 2017 presidential campaign, with disinformation including forged documents, a hack and a leak of 15 GB of stolen and manipulated data just 2 days before the final round.
And WikiLeaks played a role in it. First, as early as in February 2017, in a Russian newspaper, Assange announced that something was coming, as if he knew (p. 4).
[THREAD] RT(Russia Today) France sued me and lost in court. The court declared my total acquittal and rejected RT France's request for a conviction for defamation. RT France appealed the judgment. In a detailed press release, I come back on this case irsem.fr/en/case-rt-fra…
RT France was initially reacting to the publication on Sept. 4, 2018, of the CAPS-IRSEM report which quoted RT several times but contained only 1 ref. to RT France, on the case which had earned it a formal notice from the French regulatory authority (CSA). diplomatie.gouv.fr/IMG/pdf/inform…
In the days that followed, we were subjected to intense and visibly coordinated attacks by the Russian authorities in Moscow and their media, including RT and Sputnik. The critics distorted our words, attacked CAPS and IRSEM, and sought to discredit the authors.