The French newspaper "Le Parisien" reported that a Russian cultural institute in Paris was attacked on Sunday night with a Molotov cocktail, while the Irish authorities on Monday arrested a man who stormed the gates of the Russian embassy in Dublin in protest against the Russian war on Russia. Ukraine.

The French newspaper said that a security guard at the "Russian House of Science and Culture" informed the Paris police after discovering that the gate of the building had been attacked. The office, located in the 16th district of the French capital, has diplomatic status.

The report, quoting a police source, said that some pieces of glass and liquid were found on the ground, and the authorities also found a partially melted billboard, blackened by the fire, and there were no reports of injuries in the attack.

The Russian embassy in Paris posted on Twitter a video of an explosion near the gate of a building, and called on "the French authorities to ensure the security of Russia's official representatives in France."

💬 М.В.#Захарова:

В ночь с 6 на 7 марта на Представительство Россотрудничества в Париже совершено нападение.

Требуем от французских властей обеспечить надлежащую безопасность наших официальных учреждеt.com/PicNiQN1jnhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?

— МИД России 🇷🇺 (@MID_RF) March 7, 2022

In Ireland, the authorities arrested a man who drove a large truck back into the gates of the Russian embassy in Dublin, and then stopped after one of the gates crashed, and there were no reports of injuries.

ireland striker

A video recording showed the man, who spoke with an Irish accent, distributing photographs he said were of a family killed in Ukraine on Sunday, telling those gathered abroad that he wanted the Russian ambassador to leave the country.

The Russian Embassy in Dublin described the incident - in a statement - as a "crazy criminal act" of grave concern, and called on the Irish authorities to take comprehensive measures to protect the safety of its employees and their families.

#Statement by the Embassy on the violation of its territory pic.twitter.com/AMCGKTzRsL

— Russia in Ireland (@Rus_Emb_Ireland) March 7, 2022

Irish protesters have drawn slogans against the Russian war in Ukraine on the walls of the embassy in recent days. Since the start of the Russian war on Ukraine on February 24, many demonstrators gather regularly outside the Russian embassy to express their support for Ukraine and denounce Russia.

Some opposition leaders in Ireland have called on Prime Minister Michel Martin to expel the Russian ambassador, but Martin refused to take such a step, arguing that it would jeopardize Ireland's ability to help its citizens in Russia.

Baltics

And last Saturday, Moscow asked the authorities in the Baltic states (Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania) to take measures to protect Russian embassies after a Russian diplomat was attacked in the Lithuanian capital (Vilnius) on the evening of February 24, near his country's embassy.

"We warn (the governments) of Vilnius (the capital of Lithuania), Riga (the capital of Latvia) and Tallinn (the capital of Estonia) that they will be responsible for the consequences of the anti-Russian ideas unleashed on them," the RIA news agency quoted the Russian Foreign Ministry as saying.

And the public radio in Lithuania reported last week that the third secretary of the Russian embassy was beaten in the yard of a residential area near the embassy.

Threats in Germany

In a related context, the Russian embassy in the German capital (Berlin) said last Saturday that it had received in the past three days only hundreds of complaints from Russian citizens, who said that they had been subjected to threats and had received threatening letters.

The embassy explained that the complaints related to matters including damage to cars bearing Russian plates, and Russian students being insulted, receiving threatening letters, physical attacks and harassment.


In Australia, local media reported that the Russian embassy in the capital, Canberra, was evacuated last Thursday after receiving a suspicious package. The local Sky News-Australia channel said that the evacuation of the Russian embassy came after receiving an envelope containing white powder;

It caused a panic.

The channel added that the police and the emergency department evacuated the site of the accident and cordoned off the area around the embassy.

On Sunday, Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova was quoted by the Russian "TASS" news agency as saying that Russian embassies have been subjected to regular cyber attacks in the past few months, adding, "There are real threats against our diplomats and their families both in Ukraine and other pro-Kiev countries."

On February 24, Russia launched an attack on its neighbor Ukraine, which prompted capitals and regional and international organizations to impose sanctions on Moscow that included multiple sectors, including diplomatic, financial, sports and others.