French Green Party Leader Asks PM to Reconsider Asylum for Central African Wagner Whistleblower
Cyrielle Chatelain, leader of the Ecologist deputies in France, has written to Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu urging him to intervene in the case of Ephrem Yalike-Ngonzo, a Central African whistleblower who helped expose disinformation operations by the Russian Wagner Group in the Central African Republic. Yalike-Ngonzo, who fled to France in 2024, was denied asylum in April 2026 on grounds that his past participation in Russian propaganda disqualified him from protection. Chatelain argues that denying protection to such witnesses undermines France's stated commitment to fighting foreign interference. She also highlights an inconsistency: Xenia Fedorova, former president of Kremlin-funded RT France, recently had her residence permit renewed for ten years. Yalike-Ngonzo had initially been brought to France with his family through the personal intervention of President Emmanuel Macron.
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