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French intelligence warns lawmakers of Russian infiltration in political network

French intelligence warns lawmakers of Russian infiltration in political network

The French intelligence director has warned the lawmakers of Russian infiltration into the French political community.

Nicolas Lerner, head of General Directorate for Internal Security, was heard by the Parliamentary Investigation Commission about overseas nations’ interference on Feb. 2. The contents of the viewers had been revealed Thursday.

Lerner mentioned French intelligence providers have noticed, since he got here into workplace in 2018, that Russian intelligence brokers have been aiming on the French political community, together with lawmakers.

“Some have had relations that the French law does not permit,” Lerner additionally mentioned.

French intelligence providers in current months needed to “raise awareness” in 6,500 circumstances within the parliament, the Senate, and likewise in universities, after having “detected contacts,” significantly between French lawmakers and Russian brokers “under diplomatic cover.”

Lerner additionally famous {that a} French politician was suspected of being financed by Russia.

The Russian providers are probably the most crowded and most lively ones in France amongst overseas providers with “several dozens of agents,” Lerner defined, including that their quantity diminished tangibly, however, for the reason that starting of the Ukraine disaster in 2014.

The French-Russian Dialogue Association can also be going through two judiciary probes from the Paris prosecutor’s workplace for corruption and affect peddling.

“We regularly contact the lawmakers, either on their demand or on our initiative, and we raise awareness, and let them know who they are dealing with-and then, they are free to pursue their relations or not, unless they fall under the law,” Lerner defined.

Source: www.anews.com.tr