Kremlin says Russia poses no threat to France or Europe
Moscow rejects comments from National Rally leaders as false, stating no disputes exist.
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Kremlin says Russia poses no threat to France or Europe
Photograph: Cyprus Mail (embedded from source)
What this story says
- The Kremlin stated Russia does not pose a threat to France or any European country.
- Moscow rejected comments from France's National Rally leaders Marine Le Pen and Jordan Bardella as false.
- National Rally leaders issued a joint statement saying they would not tolerate foreign powers dictating French policy.
- Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said Russia has no disputes with European states that could lead to serious disagreements.
Who covered it
Percentages are shares of the 6 outlets carrying a published leaning rating. 2 of the 8 outlets we know ran this story carry no rating and are not counted in them. Coverage measured .
Trust
42/100
Craft
61/100
Hype
20/100
8 sources · methodology
Thin on the left so far
None of the 6 outlets with a published leaning rating that ran this story are rated left.
This story is still being watched, so it is a count and not yet a finding. Coverage keeps arriving for hours after an event, and a side that has published nothing this morning may publish by tonight. If it is still true when we stop checking, we will say so plainly.
The Kremlin stated on Monday that Russia does not pose a threat to France or any European country. This statement came in response to comments made by the leadership of France's National Rally party. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov rejected these comments as false.
In a joint statement issued over the weekend, presidential candidate Marine Le Pen and party president Jordan Bardella declared they would "never tolerate a foreign power, in this case, Russia, seeking to dictate, directly or indirectly, the policy of our country through intimidation, threats, destabilization or psychological pressure." Peskov stated that Moscow did not accept this criticism, adding that Russia has no disputes with any European states that could lead to serious disagreements. He reiterated that Russia threatens no one and blackmails no one.
Coverage comparison
What the coverage left out
None of the left-rated reports covered this story.
Still developing. We have re-checked which outlets are covering this 4 times, most recently on 21 Sept 2026, 14:45, and will add the sides that appear.
How each side covered it
Our own reading of the reporting listed below, written from the outlets’ articles rather than quoted from them. The reasoning is set out on our methodology page.
Left
0 rated outlets
No outlet rated left has run this story so far. We are still checking, and will say plainly if that does not change.
Centre
2 rated outlets
- The centre-rated report led with the Kremlin's assertion that Russia does not pose a threat to France or any European country, and that Moscow rejected comments from France's National Rally leadership as false. It noted the joint statement from Marine Le Pen and Jordan Bardella regarding foreign powers dictating French policy.
Right
4 rated outlets
- The right-rated reports led with the Kremlin's rejection of comments from France's National Rally leaders Marine Le Pen and Jordan Bardella, stating that Russia is no threat to France. These reports included the Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov's assertion that Russia does not threaten any state in Europe and that President Putin has repeatedly said this. The joint statement from Le Pen and Bardella, stating they would not tolerate foreign powers dictating French policy, was also included.
Questions about this coverage
- How did the left and right cover Kremlin says Russia poses no threat to France or Europe?
- Of the 6 outlets on this story carrying a published leaning rating, 0% are rated left, 33% are rated centre, 67% are rated right. Those percentages are shares of the rated outlets, not of every outlet that ran it, which was 8. The sections above set out what each side emphasised, in its own terms.
- Is Kremlin says Russia poses no threat to France or Europe left or right?
- Too few of the outlets on this story carry a published leaning rating to say. 6 of them do, and this site does not characterise a field under 12: at that size one newsroom filing moves the share by ten points. The percentages above are the count as it stands.
- Is the coverage of Kremlin says Russia poses no threat to France or Europe biased?
- Kremlin says Russia poses no threat to France or Europe is one event reported by 8 outlets, and this page does not rate the story as biased or unbiased. What it publishes is the spread: which outlets ran it, where named rating organisations place each of them on the spectrum, and what each side chose to lead with. A leaning rating describes an outlet's record over time, not this article, and the two should not be run together.
- Which side is not reporting Kremlin says Russia poses no threat to France or Europe?
- When we first saw this story, outlets rated left had barely covered it. Coverage accretes for hours after an event, so that is where to look rather than a verdict — the split above is the current count, and it is the one to read.
- Which outlets covered Kremlin says Russia poses no threat to France or Europe?
- 8 that we know of, every one of them listed further up this page with a link to its own report and to what we hold on the publisher. Nothing here is a summary of somebody else's summary: the outlets are named so the original reporting can be read.
- What did the Kremlin say about Russia's relationship with Europe?
- The Kremlin stated that Russia does not pose a threat to France or any European country. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said that Russia has no disputes with European states that could lead to serious disagreements, and therefore threatens no one.
- What was the response from France's National Rally leaders?
- Marine Le Pen and Jordan Bardella issued a joint statement saying they would "never tolerate a foreign power, in this case, Russia, seeking to dictate, directly or indirectly, the policy of our country through intimidation, threats, destabilization or psychological pressure."
- Did any left-rated outlets report on this story?
- No left-rated outlets reported on this story. The coverage was limited to centre and right-rated publications.
Read it at the source
8 outlets, grouped by the leaning a published rating gives them. Every headline links to the original; an underlined outlet name opens our profile of that publisher.
Left
0No outlet in this group ran the story.
Centre
2Right
4- Kremlin rejects Le Pen/Bardella rebuke, says Russia is no threat to France (opens Cyprus Mail in a new tab)
Cyprus Mail — is Cyprus Mail biased? Our profile of this outlet
- Russia Not Threatening Any State in Europe (opens news-pravda.com in a new tab)
news-pravda.com — is news-pravda.com biased? Our profile of this outlet
- Kremlin rejects Le Pen/Bardella rebuke, says Russia is no threat to France (opens The Straits Times in a new tab)
The Straits Times — is The Straits Times biased? Our profile of this outlet
- In the Kremlin, They Said Russia Is Not a Threat to France and Other European Countries. (opens Interfax.ru in a new tab)
Interfax.ru — is Interfax.ru biased? Our profile of this outlet
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