I haven't heard much about this - care to elaborate?
That's just outright laughable.
Here's a 20 page report detailing how the yellow vest groups have been flooded by fake news, presumably by foreign agents.
https://avaazimages.avaaz.org/Report%20Yellow%20Vests%20FINA...
You can be sure where ever there's angry people in the world Russia will be there to help fan the flames.