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Russian man is among those arrested in plots targeting Paris Olympics.

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France arrested a 40-year-old Russian man with plans to “destabilise the Olympic Games”. He was charged with “conducting intelligence work on behest of a foreign power” with an aim to “provoke hostilities in France,” crimes punishable with 30-year sentence in France, according to a statement from the Paris prosecutor’s office. Police officers found items that could have destabilized the Olympic Games.

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    France arrested a 40-year-old Russian man with plans to “destabilise the Olympic Games”. He was charged with “conducting intelligence work on behest of a foreign power” with an aim to “provoke hostilities in France,” crimes punishable with 30-year sentence in France, according to a statement from the Paris prosecutor’s office. Police officers found items that could have destabilized the Olympic Games.