France has ordered Russian commentator Xenia Fedorova to leave the country, the interior ministry said Wednesday, after accusations she was churning out Kremlin propaganda on French television and radio. Since being notified of the order, Fedorova, who works for a conservative billionaire's media empire, has been placed under house arrest, according to a source close to the case. Disinformation experts have raised the alarm about the influence of the former journalist for Russia's state-run channel RT, as France heads for a presidential election next year. Read moreFrom soft power to digital firepower: France steps up fight against disinformationFrench daily Le Monde has described Fedorova as a "protégé" of Bolloré, 74. 'Defamatory falsehoods'In 2017, President Emmanuel Macron implied that Fedorova was not a journalist.