(FILES) Xenia Fedorova (C), the former director of the French version of Russian state-run foreign language channel RT, which was banned in France after the Russian invasion of Ukraine, reacts as activists of the organization "For Ukraine, for their freedom and ours" stage a protest against her presence to promote her book untitled "Bannie" ("Banned"), at the stand of French publishing house Fayard during the "Festival du Livre de Paris 2025" book fair at the Grand Palais venue in Paris on April 12, 2025. On August 3, 2026, the Paris Administrative Court rejected an urgent application for the protection of civil liberties filed by pro-Russian commentator Xenia Fedorova against her expulsion from the country and the freezing of her assets, on the grounds that she had failed to demonstrate an "extreme urgency". (Photo by Xavier GALIANA / AFP via Getty Images)