France Investigation

Operation 'Red Hands' – how French authorities foiled Russian plot to destabilise the country

In May 2024 graffiti appeared on the walls of the Holocaust museum in Paris. The 35 spray-painted red hand symbols were quickly condemned by politicians as an act of anti-Semitism. But who was responsible? After a swift investigation, detectives tracked down those responsible for defacing the Mémorial de la Shoah. Matthieu Suc reports on how investigators then quickly discovered that the vandalism was in fact part of a wider Russian attempt to destabilise France.