France condemns “Russian digital interference”

France condemned Thursday November 9 “firmly” the role of a Russian network in “artificial amplification and first-time dissemination on social networks of photos of tags representing Stars of David” in Paris, according to the press release from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. “Regarding the facts themselves, the current judicial investigation will have to establish the possible responsibility of a foreign sponsor. explains the Quai d’Orsay

This press release accuses the Russian network Recent Reliable News and considers that “this new operation of Russian digital interference against France testifies to the persistence of an opportunistic and irresponsible strategy aimed at exploiting international crises to sow confusion and create tensions.” The Ministry of Foreign Affairs thus observed “the involvement of a network of 1,095 bots on the X platform, having published 2,589 posts contributing to the controversy linked to the Stars of David stencilled in the 10th arrondissement of Paris.”

Russia denies any involvement

Several dozen stencilled blue Stars of David were discovered on October 31 on building facades in Paris, in the 10th arrondissement, but also in other places in the capital and in Ile-de-France. An investigating judge was appointed on Tuesday to identify the authors of the tags and understand their intentions, the trace of an order coming from abroad not being “not excluded” at this stage, according to a press release from the French justice system.

Thursday, before the publication of this press release from France, Russian diplomacy denied any link with the tags, believing that the suspicions targeting Moscow, already relayed in the French press in recent days, were “stupid” And “unworthy”.