Thread by @Ars_Faivre

1/ In France, anyone is free to think what he wants.
I don't expose the individuals in this thread for their ideas, but for their direct or indirect links with the owner of the BMW that #Maxime Nicolle, alias #FlyRider, a leader of the #GiletsJaunes, drove in NICE on 02/09/19

2/ I usually do IMINT (sat pics) to expose the Russian military presence in Donbas (Ukraine), like in this article published by the Ukrainian Military Portal in June 2017.
This means that anyone can do the same, and check my results by himself.

https://twitter.com/mil_in_ua/status/878183703666720768

2.1/ From the beginning, the #GiletsJaunes have been infested by putinists and other far-right activists.
Several have even fought in Donbas. Some are exposed in the thread below.
Many informations are already available on this topic,

https://twitter.com/666_mancer/status/1083800211007377416

2.2/ Many Gilets Jaunes spokesmen are known to be far-right activists like Christophe Chalençon who called for a military Coup to destitute E. Macron.
Fly Rider was presented as one of the less politicized of them

2.3/ Fly Rider claimed that he is not fascist, that the owner of the car is not fascist ant that he knows no fascists in NICE.
I had the opportunity to verify if this assessment was true, and used OSINT methods to do it.

3/ It all started because the owner of the BMW sued the twitter account of the "Team Macron" because they exposed his face.
We learned it because #FlyRider posted a "smart tweet" to threaten other to share this pic.
Here is the original tweet, now deleted.

3.1/ I found very strange that someone who openly moved around Nice with the "media star" of the moment wished so hard to stay anonymous.
But by stupidly revealing the full address and the first letter of the car owner, (#FlyRider) gave enough elements to identify him.

3.2/ So I checked on Google who lives at this adress and a name appeared, starting with a "V". Jean-Paul Vaglio.
His picture from "copain d'avant" (1), looked very much like the guy next to FlyRider (2)

3.3/ I saw that his wife (Vaglio Agnes) published pics of her garden in NiceMatin, in 12/17 & another one in 02/18(1)
I verified on Google Earth that the place was right(2)
I also found on societe.com that she was named a SCI created in 10/2017 at the same adress (3)

3.4/ At that point, I had no doubt that the owner of the BMW, and of the house in Levens, was JP Vaglio, and his wife Agnes.
They must have bought the house in 10/2017, and the Facebook account of Agnes indicates that they must have bought the BMW in 12/2017

4/ I had very fast confirmations from French accounts that Jean-Paul Vaglio was indeed the guy in the picture:
#FlyRider called the guy "JP" (an usual nickname for Jean-Paul) in a live broadcast,
Her friend "stephen.sophie.3" congratulated him on FB for suing the Macron's team.

4.1/ These informations gave me access to his Facebook account: "JP Nissa" (it's almost the same as the name of the SCI (real estate Cie) found in 3.3)
His profile indicates that he his married with Agnes VAGLIO (born HARARI), so it was clear it was the right FB account

4.2/ I later discovered that JP Nissa published himself pics of his trip with #FlyRider in the FB group "Gilets Jaunes Nice". One on 02/08/19 (1), and two others on 02/09/19 (2,3) – his last tweet (4)

4.3/ These pics are still available on 02/20/19 on the FB group page facebook.com/groups/9868228…
These dates seem to confirm that FlyRider slept at Vaglio's house on 02/08/19, as written in a commentary in a live broadcast. (Screenshot exists)

4.4/ JP Nissa is administrator of the group "Gilets Jaunes Nice", in 1st position, most probably the creator of this page with 1777 followers. (1)
He is obviously the main leader in Nice, as he complained that "people he doesn't even know are planning an event" (2)

4.5/ The first link I saw between Vaglio and FlyRider was on 11/28/18, when Vaglio's father (or uncle) shared a post from the "Fly Rider Infos blocage" group.
It's only a few days after the 1st Gilets Jaunes demonstration.

4.6/ The Gilets Jaunes movement in Nice is also run by Daniela Bianchi, who is named as administrator of the group created by JP Vaglio and "controls" 4 FB GJ groups, including a closed one of 10.369 members.
Her FB profile shows no tweets in French! WHO IS SHE ???

5/ It appeared very fast that JP Vaglio is a far-right activist.
Indeed, he proudly announced that he voted for Marine Le Pen in the last presidential election on 04/23/17 (1st round): "Voted. Correctly FN of course"

5.1/ He wrote "FN" (Front National", the old name of Jean-Marie Le Pen's party, and not "RBM" (Rassemblement Bleu Marine), the name of Marine Le Pen's party in these elections. That is important, as it indicates that he is a far-right supporter for a long time.

5.2/ Indeed, I can tell you that for right-wingers of my generation (he is 42 or 43, a so little younger that me), there is a huge difference between FN and RBM, or RN.
Nowadays, as Jean-Marie Le Pen is old, all these activists have to support and vote for Marine, as Vaglio did

5.3/ JP Vaglio has another FB account, named JP Nissart, with the same profile description and pics of his wife. (1)
It shows that he is (or was) an Ultra from the Nice football team (2)
These guys are well known in France for their violence.
google.com/amp/s/www.euro…

5.4/ His violence is also shown is this 01/17/19 tweet where he wrote that he "regrets that the guillotine doesn't exist anymore" when talking about a "traitor" who wanted to create a Gilets Jaunes list for the European elections.

5.5/ Maxime Nicolle, alias FlyRider, had to conceal that he was keen on retweeting and liking Marine Le Pen contents. franceinter.fr/societe/les-ac…

5.6/ It is quite obvious that JP Vaglio is the head of the Gilets Jaunes in Nice. There are 22 people working with FlyRider on his FB page "Fly Rider Infos blocage".
It is very dubious that he was unaware of who Vaglio is when he came to Nice to support him.

5.7/ Furthermore, Fly Rider was already present in NICE on 12/05/18 at a press-conference with Philippe Argillier. It would be very surprising if he hasn't met JP Vaglio at this occasion.
leparisien.fr/societe/gilets…

6/ JP Vaglio sued to stay anonymous, but he is not a total unknown in French politics: he ran in the 2009 European Elections with the "Union des Gens" (UDG) in the Ile de France (900km from his home), along with a dozen other individuals from Nice.
politiquemania.com/elections-euro…

6.1/ The UDG 2017 program had 40 propositions, same number as the Gilets Jaunes, as reported by OuestFrance. Most of them are the same.
Most spectacular is the claim for a "REFERENDUM D'INTITIATIVE POPULAIRE", now called "REFERENDUM D'INITIATIVE CITOYENNE" by the Gilets Jaunes.

6.2/ This party, who claim to be apolitical (neither left, neither right) is run by Alain Mourguy whose Facebook profile is just astounding.
Mourguy tried many time to be candidate for the presidential election as an independent ecologist.
facebook.com/alain06300

6.3/ His FB cover photo shows the Marechal PETAIN, the infamous Nazi collaborator, along with a quotation from his 1940 surrounding speech.
The message is clear.

7/ The petainist Mourguy, who introduced Vaglio into politics, is very popular among politicians in France
Most notably, he is in contact with Jordan Bardella, the official candidate for Marine Le Pen in the next European elections, & 2 famous right-wing Gilets Jaunes spokesmen

7.1/ Numerous high level frontists are friends with him (1), members of the "Central Comity" of the "Rassemblement National" (the new name of the RBM, formerly FN) and many lower ones (2)
He also has links with the extreme-right movement of "SIEL" and "Génération Identitaire"(3)

7.2/ In 2015, Mourguy was candidate on the list of "Debout La France" run by Dupont-Aignan, guess where? In … NICE!
m.nicematin.com/nice/debout-la…
Without surprise, he also has links with this party.

7.3/ He also has a few friends within the "Les Patriotes" (Phillipot)

7.4/ Many high ranked politicians from "Les Républicains" (the party of Sarkozy) have links with him.
I counted 7 "National advisers" of this party (1), and some less influential ones (2)

7.5/ A few "moderate" candidates from UDI (center-right) are also in this list, including one from the "National political Board".
To note that the right-wing press is also present.

8/ In 2007, Mourguy participated in the formation of UCE "Union des Candidats Emergents" in order to support the candidature of Jean-Marc Governatori to the presidential election.
Guess what ? Governatori is a famous guy from … NICE !
fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/La_France…

8.1/ Jean-Marc Governatori is the creator of "Fly" outlets, furniture store.
He has been convicted several times for fraud, including a false signature in 2010 for political purpose.
fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean-Marc…

8.2/ In 2015 Governatori obtained 30.000.000€ he would run from Estrosi, the mayor of … well, NICE, … to create an Institute for Ecology he would preside himself, in exchange of his 4% in the regional elections.
france3-regions.francetvinfo.fr/provence-alpes…

8.3/ Governatori has presented the well-know singer Francis Lalanne to the European elections in 2009
dailymotion.com/video/x8yahs
Recently, Lalanne announced the creation of a Gilets Jaunes list for the next European election

https://twitter.com/lavoixdunord/status/1091794807062753282

These guys are 30 yrs old friends

8.4/ Governatori also tried to "buy" an other known figure of the Gilets Jaunes, Ingrid Levavasseur, by offering her 800.000€ to finance her list for the European elections
capital.fr/economie-polit…

8.5/ Governatori is also friend with Brigitte Bardot, a personal friend of the Le Pen family. In 2010 she accepted to support him for the 2012 Presidential elections.
nouvelobs.com/societe/201902…
Recently, Brigitte Bardot went public to support the Gilets Jaunes.

9/ SYNTHESE :
* Fly Rider drove the BMW of JP Vaglio in NICE,
* Fly Rider spent at least 2 days with him and most probably spent the night in Vaglio's house in Levens
* Fly Rider has 22 people who must have advised him on this trip
* Fly Rider tried to hide their relation

9.1/
* JP Vaglio directs the Gilets Jaunes community in NICE
* JP Vaglio promotes FN and Marine Le Pen & proudly voted for her
* JP Vaglio is also a member of a group of supporters known for violence
* JP Vaglio campaigned 900 km away from NICE for Alain Mourguy

9.2/
* Alain Mourguy is a Petainist
* He ran several presidential campaigns, as an ecologist
* He has many links with right-wing French politicians, including Jordan Bardella, a leader of MLP party
* The GJ took his political propositions
* He was in a list in 2015 in NICE

9.3/
* He also ran with Jean-Marc Governatori who is from... NICE
* He also ran several campaigns as an ecologist
* He has been indicted several times
* He is in the middle of a 30 M€ scandal with the mayor of NICE
* Governatori tried to give 800 K€ to Levavasseur & Chalençon

9.4/
* Governatori is long-time friend of Francis Lalanne a popular singer in France
* Francis Lalanne came to support the Gilets Jaunes
* Governatori is long-time friend of Brigitte Bardot, close to Le Pen
* Brigitte Bardot came to support the Gilets Jaunes

10/ CONCLUSION
#FlyRider assertion is obviously false.

10.1/ His friend participated in an election at age 33-34 with a proud petainist.
He still promotes the Front National and Marine Le Pen.
He publicly regrets not to be able to guillotine someone who doesn't share his view

10.2/ As a public person, FlyRider MUST have known who he was meeting.
It took me a second on Facebook to understand who Vaglio is, and a couple of minutes to discover that he did politics with a far-right party a few years.

10.3/ This OSINT work must question the French people on who is running the Gilets Jaunes movement.
In NICE, it is quite obvious now.
It is also important to clear the role of JM Governatori is this movement.

10.4/ This OSINT work must question the French people on the politicians who are friends with Mourguy.
How can you follow a guy who has a portrait of Marechal Petain on his Facebook profile ?
Journalists must get answers.

10.5/
How can we accept that :
* the leader of the RN European campaign is friend with this guy ?
* Dupont-Aignan who asked to vote for MLP against Macron put this guy on his list ?
* so many high-ranking LR +a senator are friends with him?
We, French people, need explanations !

11/ My work on Ukraine

https://twitter.com/Ars_Faivre/status/636988981448544256

11.1/ For those who are interested, here is one of my more spectacular findings.

https://twitter.com/Ars_Faivre/status/871412122026201090

I still find on very regular basis new Russian settlements, advanced equipments or infractions to the Minsk agreement

11.2/ My final goal is to evaluate the cost of the Russian invasion, by making an accurate inventory of the military equipments in Donbas, as presented in this tweet.

https://twitter.com/Ars_Faivre/status/953022351943270401

11.3/ Any consideration of & on my work will be much appreciated.

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https://twitter.com/Ars_Faivre/status/1098662991971659776