The Kremlin on Friday denounced “unfounded” accusations from French President Emmanuel Macron, who assured that Russia was targeting the organization of the Olympic Games by disseminating information suggesting that Paris would not be ready.
“These are completely unfounded accusations
,” Kremlin spokesperson Dmitri Peskov told the press, assuring that these
“are never supported by evidence
. ”
“Such behavior is absolutely unacceptable
,” he continued. Emmanuel Macron accused Moscow on Thursday of
"feeding every day the fact that we could not do this or that, so it would be a risk"
, concerning the organization in France of the Olympic Games planned for this summer.
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Relations between Paris and Moscow have been very tense for several weeks, against a backdrop of debates over the potential sending of French troops to Ukraine. On Wednesday, the Minister of the Armed Forces Sébastien Lecornu took the initiative of a telephone exchange with his Russian counterpart Sergei Choïgu, a first since October 2022. This call caused new tensions, Emmanuel Macron having subsequently denounced
“baroque comments and threatening"
from Russia which had said it
"hoped"
that the French secret services were not involved in the attack which targeted a concert hall near the Russian capital at the end of March. A massacre which left 144 dead and was claimed by the jihadist group Islamic State.
Dmitri Peskov also judged on Friday
"unfounded"
the accusations of Czech Transport Minister Martin Kupka, who told the
Financial Times
that Russia had made
"thousands"
of attempts to interfere in the functioning of European rail networks with the aim of to destabilize the EU.