A Propos - In Run-up to Mass Protests and Riots, Pro-Russian Accounts Amplified French Anger, NGO Finds
EU regulators are reviewing whether Russian, Iranian and Algerian actors used fake accounts and old footage to inflame the unrest, officials said.
- On Saturday, protests across France devolved into violence as officials alleged foreign powers—including Russia, Iran, and the Maga community—instrumentalized unrest to destabilize the nation ahead of next year's presidential election.
- Italian Defence Minister Guido Crosetto described similar riots in Milan as a "hybrid war" against the West, characterizing the protests as "fundamentally different from those seen in other eras." Jean-Noel Barrot warned foreign agitators employ tactics designed to polarize public debate.
- Prof Colon claimed Russia, Iran, and Algeria engaged in the "amplification and exacerbation of the tensions," while journalist Emmanuel Razavi told The Times that Iranian secret services "meddle in the movement if they think it services their agenda."
- Tehran has denied sowing disinformation, instead accusing France of "violent treatment" of protesters and "extensive and flagrant human rights violations," despite facing similar allegations itself.
- Prof Colon suspected Russian agents exploited the demonstration to weaken the West, while Barrot previously received a report from the General Secretariat of Defence and National Security documenting Iranian "disinformation actions and cyberattacks.
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If the social tensions in France are clearly instrumentalised, for example by Tehran or Moscow, there is no evidence that these manoeuvres have had an impact on the events themselves, of purely domestic origin according to the state services.
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Several experts accuse agents of Russian or Iranian influence of amplifying anger. Emmanuel Macron sees no foreign interference behind October 17 but denounces a manipulation of information a posteriori. The French services continue their investigations. The platforms TikTok, Meta and X have been convened by the governmentA European population eruptive in the face of the decline of purchasing power and public services in decrepitude due to lack …
The mobilization of high school and against expensive life continues with demonstrations planned today and this weekend. The protest was born in the high schools in September, but it was also quickly parasitized by foreign interference, especially Russian.
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