France plans to deport almost 40 Russians from country: What's the reason?
French Minister of the Interior Gérald Darmanin (Photo: Getty Images)
French Minister of the Interior Gérald Darmanin announced that after the murder of Professor Dominique Bernard in Arras, France, the government of the country wants to deport 39 Russians, according to BFMTV.
According to the Minister, around sixty Russians suspected of radicalization are currently under administrative arrest. 39 of them are supposed to be deported with the consent of the Russian authorities.
Following the murder of Professor Dominique Bernard in Arras, the government wants to demonstrate firmness towards the radical group "S" of Russian origin.
Thus, the executive branch shows its desire to quickly expel individuals involved in the "S case," who must leave French territory, and has asked prefects to pay special attention to "citizens from the Caucasus aged 16 to 25 years."
"The attacker in Arras, 20-year-old Mohammed Mogouchkov, falls into this category: he was born in Ingushetia, an autonomous republic of Russia, was under surveillance, and has been in the case since early October," the publication writes.
French intelligence services are checking radicalized Russians
Darmanin said that France has compiled a list of 39 Russian citizens whom the country is particularly monitoring and suspects of radicalization. Paris presented this list to the Russian authorities last week.
France plans to proceed with the expulsion, subject to the presentation of consular passes by Russia.
The minister also stated that other Russian citizens subject to special control are either in prison or in administrative detention centers.
Background
On October 13, a 20-year-old Chechen, a native of Russia, attacked a school in the city of Arras in northern France with a knife, killing a literature teacher and injuring two others. The police arrested him.
The National Anti-Terrorism Prosecutor's Office opened an investigation for "murder in connection with a terrorist organization," "attempted murder in connection with a terrorist organization," and "association of criminals-terrorists to prepare crimes against the people."
After the terrorist attack in Arras, where a teacher was killed at school, France declared a state of heightened terrorist threat in the country.
