Russian national arrested in France over alleged plot to destabilise the Olympics
Reportedon one origin only: 1 distinct origin, 1 tied to no party.
The dataset records the arrest of a Russian national in France on suspicion of plotting to destabilise the Paris Olympics. It codes the incident as unknown, apparent goal disrupt daily life, target public space: Shopping centre / Memorial / Landmark / Company / School, location France; the dataset dates it only to July 2024, so the date shown is the first of the month. 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 July 2024
- Where
- France, France
- What
- espionage arrest
- 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 links the incident to Russia, citing a source this draft could not open (see gaps).
- In the record
- Published 2026-10-27 21:03 UTC · revision 1 · leiden
Sources
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 |
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The War Record, "Russian national arrested in France over alleged plot to destabilise the Olympics", ev-20261027-kybj, revision 1, https://thewarrecord.com/events/ev-20261027-kybj/