PARIS (Reuters) - The Kremlin-funded Russian broadcaster RT was due to launch its French language news channel on Monday night amid heavy suspicion by the government and President Emmanuel Macron who has dubbed it "an organ of propaganda".
Macron has led official criticism of RT, formerly known as "Russia Today", and openly accused it of sowing disinformation about him via its website and social media during the presidential election earlier this year which he won.
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