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    8 months ago

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    While politicians made comparisons with Nazi-era graffiti to “out” Jews in their homes, investigators pointed out the Stars of David were randomly distributed, with no obvious Jewish connection in the choice of buildings.

    Having caught and questioned two Moldovan nationals in connection with the first wave of stencils, French police and intelligence services now suspect the operation may be a classic piece of Russian dezinformatsiya (disinformation).

    In June Le Monde wrote a series of articles about Doppelgänger, which it said used computer bots to deluge social media with fake news postings.

    According to Le Monde, both couples who stencilled the Star of David graffiti were accompanied by a photographer whose job was to put the images straightaway online.

    French police say the first couple - who were arrested - claimed to have been on holiday in Paris when they were approached by a man who heard them speak Russian and offered them a small sum of money to put up the tags.

    Quoting sources in the investigation, Le Monde said the cut-price modus operandi - using poorly-paid proxy freelancers - was typical of today’s Russian intelligence, which was hit hard by the expulsion of spies from Western capitals after the outbreak of the Ukraine war.


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