Kremlin denies campaign to discredit French election contender Macron

Emmanuel Macron, head of the political movement En Marche!, or Onwards!, and candidate for the 2017 presidential elections, attends a news conference at El Aurassi hotel in Algiers, Algeria February 13, 2017. REUTERS/Ramzi Boudina.

MOSCOW/PARIS (Reuters) - The Kremlin denied on Tuesday that it was behind media and internet attacks on the campaign of French presidential frontrunner Emmanuel Macron though his camp renewed the charges against Russian media and a hackers' group operating in Ukraine.

Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov, replying to a question on a daily conference call, said charges made on Monday by Macron's party chief, Richard Ferrand, were absurd.