An EU internal assessment says a Russian covert network attempted to exploit
last month’s unrest in France via social media, blaming the disturbances on
uncontrolled immigration and portraying the government as having lost control. A
separate French foreign ministry internal report says accounts linked to Israel
and the U.S. MAGA movement also pushed hostile narratives tying the unrest to
radical Islam and migration. EU analysts identified a network named Operation
Overload that circulated videos masquerading as Western media aimed at French
audiences; some falsely claimed imminent terror attacks. The Russian foreign
ministry did not respond to requests for comment.
