French Foreign Affairs Minister Jean-Noel Barrot leaves the Elysee Palace following the Cabinet meeting in Paris, France, 24 June 2026. EPA/YOAN VALAT He added France would also place sanctions on some Russian individuals and entities.
“Today, we will publicly condemn a widespread cyber campaign conducted by Russia that aimed to carry out sabotage and spying conducted against a dozen countries,” Barrot told BFM TV.
“We will summon the Russian ambassador to France in the coming days,” he said, adding that France would sanction nine Russian individuals and four Russian entities regarding this campaign of cyberattacks that Barrot said Russia’s Federal Security Service had orchestrated.
The European Union is trying to seal a 21st package of sanctions against Moscow in response to Russia’s war with Ukraine and may on Monday decide to add further names to their sanctions list, the European Union’s foreign policy chief said.
The French government has previously accused Moscow of conducting cyberattacks against the country.
(Reporting by Sudip Kar-Gupta and John Irish; editing by Barbara Lewis)