Francois Hollande: Russia Uses Every Tool to Influence Public Opinion

Sputnik International

French President Francois Hollande, during the interview with France’s Le Monde daily and a number of other leading European newspapers, emphasized that the Western countries’ authorities should be vigilant in order to respond to Russia’s efforts to employ conservative ideas to influence public opinion in the West.

"Russia has been using every tool to influence public opinion," Hollande said. "The ideas are different from those that the Soviet Union used to spread but sometimes the approaches are the same, moreover, now technologies are more effective. They pursue a strategy of engagement and employ very conservative moral views. They also claim to protect Christianity - let us not exaggerate, but we need to be vigilant."

This is being informed by TASS.

News agency also reports, that according to French president, despite all the contradictions, Paris "never stopped dialogue" with Moscow on the highest level.