Agents provocateurs recast demonstrations in four countries as protests against aid to Ukraine
Reportedon one origin only: 1 distinct origin, 1 tied to no party.
The dataset records demonstrations in the Netherlands, Belgium, France and Spain that it says were used by Russian agents provocateurs to present them as protests against Western support for Ukraine. It codes the incident as influence operation, apparent goal disrupt (military) aid to Ukraine, target public space: Shopping centre / Memorial / Landmark / Company / School, location The Netherlands, Belgium, France, Spain; the dataset records it as running from January 2023 to 2023-04-30, and the date shown is the start of that period. The Leiden dataset includes incidents linked to Russia by officials, incidents fitting a pattern of officially suspected attacks, or incidents backed by journalistic evidence, and its authors call the data speculative and subject to change.
- When
- 1 January 2023
- Where
- Netherlands, Netherlands
- What
- other
- Acting party
- Government of Russia
- Attribution
- Attributed by independent sources. Listed as a Russian operation in the Leiden University Russian Operations Against Europe dataset; the dataset and the source it cites link the incident to Russia.
- In the record
- Published 2026-10-27 21:03 UTC · revision 1 · leiden
Sources
- Evidence Leiden University, Russian Operations Against Europe dataset
- Evidence DR
History
| When | Field | From | To | Why |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-10-27 21:03 UTC | status | null | reported | P1 leiden: researched from cited sources and graded by the one rule |
Cite or reuse
The War Record, "Agents provocateurs recast demonstrations in four countries as protests against aid to Ukraine", ev-20261027-3r22, revision 1, https://thewarrecord.com/events/ev-20261027-3r22/