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France is massively rejecting Russian visa applications, โ Le Monde
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โParis has denied 1,200 visas & accreditations applications submitted by Russian nationals, including diplomats & 'lecturers', wanting to enter French soil, aiming to prevent Moscow from rebuilding an intelligence network.โ citing a source at the ๐ซ๐ท Foreign Ministry
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France halts issuance of schengen visas to holders of Russiaโs 5-yr passports.
This is "consular vigilance" in coordination with other European countries. Holders of 5-yr (non-biometric) Russian passports are no longer eligible to apply for visas.
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French Intelligence Services (DGSI) play a central role in identifying risk profiles, in coordination with European partners. It has prevented between "thirty and forty" attempts to assign Russian diplomats since mid-2022.
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Moscowย is multiplying its strategies: fake journalists, delegates to international institutions
also known as โnon-official coverโ. Particular attention is being paid to appointments to UNESCO.
Relatives of Russian diplomats also prove to be dangerous profiles.
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Rejected profiles: businessmen & women, conference speakers, and festival-goers.
Moscow now seems to be relying more on its agents fully immersed abroad, who until now have been living in a dormant state, according to Le Monde
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Recently, a Russian official was briefly detained at Roissy-Charles-de-Gaulle airport. "We condemn such actions by France and consider them unacceptable," Peskov said, as the country is accused of regularly conducting disinformation and destabilization operations.
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