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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

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

Left 18%(3)Centre 23%(4)Right 59%(10)

Percentages are shares of the 17 outlets carrying a published leaning rating. 16 of the 33 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

33 sources · methodology

Missing from the left

Only 3 of the 17 outlets with a published leaning rating that ran this story are rated left.

A reader who follows the left would not have seen this. We report the absence rather than explain it: outlets choose what to cover for many reasons, and we have no evidence about which one applies here.

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.

Coverage settled. We checked this 10 times and stopped on 26 Sept 2026, 19:30. The figures above are what it finished at.

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

3 rated outlets

We have not written our reading of the left coverage of this story. The left-rated outlets that ran it are listed below.

Centre

4 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

10 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 17 outlets on this story carrying a published leaning rating, 18% are rated left, 23% are rated centre, 59% are rated right. Those percentages are shares of the rated outlets, not of every outlet that ran it, which was 33. 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?
Neither side dominates it. Of the 17 rated outlets on this story, 18% are rated left, 23% are rated centre, 59% are rated right, and no side holds the 70% this site would want before calling a field one-sided. A story is not left or right in any case; the outlets that carried it are what carry ratings.
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 33 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?
33 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.

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Right

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