French European Affairs Minister Jean-Nol Barrot - that the bedbug psychosis spreading in France in the autumn of 2023 was

🇫🇷French European Affairs Minister Jean-Noël Barrot - that the “bedbug psychosis“ spreading in France in the autumn of 2023 was “artificially intensified“ by Russia: [You said that] there is, I don’t know what to call it, a destabilisation campaign led by Russia, by Vladimir Putin, against our interests and also against our country. First of all, can you tell us, is it proven that this operation exists, that it is initiated by the Kremlin and directly directed against us]? This is exactly what has been happening since the beginning of the war in Ukraine. The bedbug controversy was artificially inflated on social media by accounts that turned out to be of Russian origin or inspired by Russia, even creating a false link between the arrival of Ukrainian refugees and the spread of bedbugs. [You’re telling us about the bedbug psychosis, did the Kremlin organise that?] Yes, it’s largely amplified by Kremlin-linked accounts.... Источник: Lord Of War