He Kremlin of Russia He said on Friday that France did not inform him of the arrest of a Russian citizen suspected of attempting “destabilize” the Paris 2024 Olympic Games.
“We have no information. We found out through the media.”the Russian presidential spokesman told reporters, Dmitry Peskov.
The spokesman noted that the Russian embassy in Paris She should have been informed of the arrest, but she claims she was not.
The man, born in 1984was arrested at his home in Paris on Sunday, and is accused of providing information of “intelligence to a foreign power to provoke hostilities in France”the French prosecutor’s office said on Tuesday.
The newspaper The World He said that the police found documents “of diplomatic interest” in his apartment, and who is suspected of working with the Russian security services, FSB.
No details were released about the plan he is accused of carrying out. The World and other media identified the suspect as Kirill Gryaznova chef originally from the Russian city of Permin the Urals.
The man studied gastronomy at the prestigious school Cordon Bleu and worked in Courchevela ski resort in the French Alps very popular among Russians, local media and the Russian-language investigative website reported The Insider.
The suspect regularly traveled to Russiawhere he participated in cooking shows and a reality show in 2019until he had money and alcohol problems, he said The Insider.
“We firmly believed that he was going to organize destabilization, interference, and espionage operations.”he told the channel on Wednesday BFM French Interior Minister, Gerald Darmanin.
“It is now in the hands of justice, which will be able to confirm the police’s suspicions”the minister added.
According to The Insiderthe German magazine The Spiegel and The World, Gryaznov He was arrested after being prevented from boarding a flight to Paris from Istanbul for being drunk.
So, he bought another ticket to fly from Bulgaria and when he was in a restaurant he allegedly said he was on a secret mission related to the Olympic Games and that the French would have an opening ceremony “like they’ve never had it before.”
Almost all Russian athletes were excluded from the competitions of the Paris Games as a measure of diplomatic retaliation for the Russian offensive Ukraineand only about fifteen will participate under a neutral flag.
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