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2017: France condemns alleged Russian cyberattacks targeting presidential candidate Macron
Suspected Russian cyberattacks on the French presidential campaign are "unacceptable", France's foreign minister said it was clear that pro-Europe candidate Emmanuel Macron was being targeted.
"It's enough to see which candidates, Marine Le Pen or Francois Fillon, Russia expresses preference for in the French electoral campaign," Foreign Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault said in an interview with Journal du Dimanche. "Whereas Emmanuel Macron, who is pro-Europe, is being targeted by cyberattacks."
French President Emmanuel Macron on Friday accused Russia of cyberattacks that he said constituted an "aggression against our country". Speaking at a news conference in Paris, Macron said cyberattacks and disinformation campaigns by the Kremlin showed that "Vladimir Putin's Russia has become a systematic actor of destabilisation in the world."Accusing Russia provides an opportunity to execute 'a defensive reverse slam'.
Comment: Since the whole affair would come to a screeching halt were Washington to cut off arms and money to Israel, it's pretty clear who's really in charge here.