This Thursday, Russian diplomacy denied any link with the mysterious blue Star of David tags that appeared in France, considering that the suspicions targeting Moscow, relayed in the French press, were “stupid” and “unworthy”. “No, there was no external influence, it is not a diversion or a provocation,” said spokesperson Maria Zakharova.
On October 31, around sixty stencilled blue stars were discovered in Paris and its suburbs, creating strong emotion and many questions in the context of the conflict between Israel and Hamas.
The alleged sponsor is a pro-Russian Moldovan
French justice is now considering the possibility of a sponsor “abroad” and, according to several media, investigators believe that the order could have come from Russia.
A Moldovan couple, arrested after spraying a Star of David, said they had acted “on the orders of a third party and for remuneration, as evidenced by a conversation in Russian on their phone”, according to the public prosecutor of Moldova. Paris, Laure Beccuau.
According to sources close to the matter, the sponsor of these actions would be Anatoliï Prizenko, a pro-Russian Moldovan businessman. Questioned by our colleagues from Checknews, the man claims that it was an action “in support of the Jews of Europe”. Aged 48, he was an active activist in 2014 and 2015 for the Popular Movement for the Customs Union, a pro-Russian structure.
Many see it as anti-Semitic acts
The meaning of these tags, photos of which have made the rounds on social networks, has raised a lot of questions and given rise to various interpretations.
Many political figures had seen anti-Semitic acts there, the number of which has recently increased in France, according to the authorities. The Prime Minister, Élisabeth Borne, for example, denounced “despicable actions”.