French authorities have ordered the expulsion of Russian journalist and former RT France director Xenia Fedorova, accusing her of acting as a conduit for Kremlin disinformation and threatening France’s public order. The French interior ministry confirmed today that Fedorova had been served with a ministerial expulsion order, confirming a report by the daily Libération. Fedorova, who headed the French branch of Russian state broadcaster RT France from 2017, has since become a regular commentator on conservative broadcaster CNews, Europe 1 and weekly magazine JDNews. RT France announced its closure in January 2023 after its French bank accounts were frozen, and was subsequently liquidated. Her lawyer, Emmanuel Piwnica, condemned the expulsion notice as a serious attack on press freedom and announced that she would immediately appeal the expulsion order.