Overview
- The Paris criminal court imposed two-year terms on Georgi Filipov and Kiril Milushev, four years on Nikolay Ivanov, and three years on Mircho Angelov, who remains in flight.
- All four were also given a permanent ban from entering or being present on French territory.
- The court declared foreign interference “not contestable,” describing a coordinated effort from outside France pursued with a hostile purpose.
- The inquiry, informed by Viginum’s analysis, reported X platform amplification by actors linked to Russia and assessed the action as consistent with a destabilization campaign.
- A newer aggravating clause for acts carried out on behalf of a foreign power could not be applied because it was added to the penal code after the May 2024 vandalism.