paris kremlin-funded russian broadcaster rt due launch french language news channel monday night amid heavy suspicion government president emmanuel macron dub organ propaganda macron lead official criticism rt formerly know russia today openly accuse sow disinformation via website social media presidential election early year rt deny allegations rt france chief executive xenia fedorova speak channel new offices western paris suburb brush criticism say rt stand news cover mainstream media channel cold-shoulder macron channel still grant accreditation cover news conferences inside french presidential elysee palace fedorova say monday hours channel due start broadcast one example actually manage visit actually trump visit paris add refer visit u.s. president last july spokesman french government say last week current administration concern encroachment freedom expression highlight rt own foreign power fedorova brush remark cite well-known international news channel receive public fund bbc world france 24 al jazeera rt stand news cover mainstream media say keep platform open perspectives opinions either cover silence rt france plan budget 20 million euros 24 million launch aim recruit total 150 people end next year comparison bfm tv france number one news channel start 15 million euros annual budget 60 million euros rt first international channel launch december 2005. network broadcast english arabic spanish program view 70 million people 38 countries say landscape news channel already crowd france four round-the-clock local news channel unlike rival rt reach french households via digital terrestrial television technology rather view online subscribers iliad broadband service bouygues telecom also due distribute rt france end next february two big french telecom operators orange altice sfr group still discussions rt france firm say underscore low audience level rt likely first days russia international news outlets come spotlight since 2016 accuse meddle u.s. presidential election russia deny interfere election october twitter accuse rt russian news agency sputnik interfere 2016 u.s. election ban buy ads network 0.8472 euros kremlin-backed broadcaster launch french language news channel wary paris