'Operation Matryochka': Russian propaganda machine... France 24

'Operation Matryochka': Russian propaganda machine exploits Paris attacks

France 24 November 19, 2025

A series of French media houses - including France 24 - have been targeted and impersonated by a Russian disinformation campaign. The operation capitalised on the recent 10th anniversary of the 2015 Paris attacks, to sow division and discredit President Emmanuel Macron. The propaganda machine - named Operation Matryochka - is one we have seen and been targeted by before, as Vedika Bahl explains in Truth or Fake.

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