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Operation 'Red Hands' in France: neo-Nazi agents provocateurs in the Kremlin's pay

The team responsible for the red handprints that were painted on the Holocaust memorial in Paris in 2024 also planned the propaganda stunt that involved coffins being placed in front of the Eiffel Tower. The men arrested by the French authorities over these incidents claim to be working in the service of peace, but are in fact mainly known for their connections to Russian spies. Some clearly also have neo-Nazi sympathies. Matthieu Suc reports in this second part of a Mediapart investigation into how France foiled a Russian destabilisation plot.

9 January 2025 à 16h18

The plane bringing Georgi Filipov back to France landed at Roissy-Charles-de-Gaulle Airport at around 5pm on October 18th 2024. He was accompanied by three officers from the French prison service, who had travelled to Sofia to collect him after he was arrested by local police.

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Élysée et gouvernement

« Il a joué, il a perdu » : comment le premier ministre a précipité sa chute

À la veille de la chute attendue du premier ministre, le camp présidentiel a l’esprit rivé sur le lendemain : qui pourra retenter l’expérience d’un gouvernement minoritaire et durer quelques mois de plus ? Le destin du leader centriste ne serait qu’un dommage collatéral de l’air du temps.

by Ilyes Ramdani
Asie et Océanie — Report

Une semaine après le séisme en Afghanistan, les opérations de secours toujours entravées

Déjà affaibli par de multiples crises, le pays a été frappé par plusieurs séismes dans l’est du pays. La région, montagneuse et reculée, est difficile à atteindre. Les obstacles s’accumulent pour les équipes de secours.

by Margot Davier
Asie et Océanie

Démission de Shigeru Ishiba, le Parti libéral-démocrate japonais à bout de souffle

Un an depuis son élection, le premier ministre japonais n’a pas réussi à redresser la barre du parti au pouvoir. Discrédité par les scandales et étrillé pour son inaction, le Parti libéral-démocrate, qui n’a désormais plus la majorité au Parlement, continue de sombrer.

by Johann Fleuri
Europe

Ukraine : le siège du gouvernement incendié après une attaque aérienne record

Le siège du gouvernement d’Ukraine a été incendié dimanche à Kyiv après une vague de bombardements russes nocturnes sans précédent depuis trois ans, qui a fait au moins cinq morts, dont deux dans la capitale.

by Agence France-Presse

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