US EditionCharlie Hebdo Files Complaint Against Fake Covers It Calls 'Russian Propaganda'
- Charlie Hebdo filed a legal complaint on May 27, 2025, in Paris against unknown parties distributing fake magazine covers online.
- The complaint responds to a two-year disinformation campaign creating counterfeit covers portraying the publication as pro-Kremlin and anti-Ukrainian.
- The fake covers mock Ukrainian President Zelensky, discredit Western support, spread false rumors, and circulate mainly on Telegram and X targeting Russian-speaking audiences.
- Charlie Hebdo's lawyer Richard Malka described the operation as an 'almost industrial' scale effort with clear pro-Russian propaganda intent aiming to mislead viewers.
- The lawsuit seeks to identify those responsible and highlights the growing challenge of combating sophisticated disinformation that undermines trust in media.
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Charlie Hebdo filed a lawsuit because of "Russian propaganda" against Zelensky: EADaily
EADaily, May 27th, 2025. The editorial board of the French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo, which has repeatedly been a defendant in the courts because of scandalous cartoons, has now filed a lawsuit in court itself.
According to the editor, these blankets denigrate Ukraine, "England's migration policy, or speculate rumours about Brigitte Macron's sexual identity" and appear "first intended for the Russian public".
"There is a quasi-industrial approach, and one could deceive it if one did not know the newspaper's editorial line," explains the lawyer of the satirical weekly, who suspects pro-Russian propaganda.
The French satirical magazine 'Charlie Hebdo' has filed a complaint for a series of false covers that have appeared on the Internet and that use the graphic codes and signatures of the publication with messages in favor of Russia.
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