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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Daniel Boffey in Paris

Russian chef arrested in Paris over alleged ‘large scale’ Olympic Games plot

A soldier at Place du Trocadero as part of the massive security operation prior to the start of the Paris Olympic Games.
A soldier at Place du Trocadero as part of the massive security operation prior to the start of the Paris Olympic Games. Photograph: Hollandse Hoogte/Shutterstock

A Russian chef who has lived in France for 14 years has been arrested on suspicion of plotting with a foreign power to stage “large scale” acts of “destabilisation” during the Olympic Games in Paris.

The 40-year-old man was arrested during a raid of his apartment in central Paris on Sunday where a document linked to an elite Russian special forces unit operating under the command of the FSB, an heir to the KGB, was reportedly found.

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