Russia on Wednesday slammed what it called "unfounded accusations" by the French government that it hacked President Emmanuel Macron's campaign in 2017. "We strongly reject the unfounded accusations by the French side,

The accusation attributes ‘Macron-leaks’ to the Kremlin as the EU increases their pressure on Russia to exit Ukraine.

France has officially blamed Russia's military intelligence agency, the GRU, for a series of cyberattacks, including the breach of President Macron’s 2017 presidential campaign, which led to the leak of over 20,