"French prosecutors say three people have been placed in custody on suspicion of spying for Russia and promoting its wartime propaganda, while a fourth suspect has been placed under strict police supervision. Prosecutors said on Wednesday that the suspects held in detention include a 40-year-old Russian man filmed putting up pro-Moscow posters on the iconic Arc de Triomphe in Paris; a 40-year-old Russian-born woman known as the head of the French-Russian SOS Donbass group, and a 63-year-old man from a northern suburb of Paris."
"The woman leading SOS Donbass, which presents itself as a humanitarian group helping civilians in Ukraine's eastern Donbas region, had been monitored by France's domestic intelligence service since early this year, the General Directorate for Internal Security, which is known by its French-language acronym DGSI, said. After detecting actions likely to harm the fundamental interests of the nation, the DGSI opened a judicial inquiry in March into suspected offences by the woman,"
French authorities have detained three people and placed a fourth under strict supervision on suspicion of spying for Russia and promoting wartime propaganda. Detainees include a man filmed putting up pro-Moscow posters on the Arc de Triomphe, the leader of the French-Russian SOS Donbass group, and a 63-year-old man from a Paris suburb. France's DGSI monitored the SOS Donbass leader and opened a judicial inquiry in March for suspected collusion with a foreign power and other offences. Officials suspect economic intelligence gathering. The arrests follow heightened concerns across Europe about Russian espionage and related sabotage incidents.
Read at www.aljazeera.com
Unable to calculate read time
Collection
[
|
...
]