{
  "id": 19106995,
  "title": "Exclusive-Covert Russian network exploited French riots on social media, EU report says",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/09/exclusive-covert-russian-network-exploited-french-riots-on-social",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-11-09T06:46:30.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Al-Monitor",
    "slug": "al-monitor",
    "url": "https://www.al-monitor.com/originals/2026/11/exclusive-covert-russian-network-exploited-french-riots-social-media-eu-report"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "By Antoni Slodkowski and John Irish NEW YORK/PARIS, Nov 9 (Reuters) - A covert Russian network sought to exploit last month's riots in France by using social media to blame the unrest on uncontrolled immigration and portray the government as having lost control, according to an internal EU assessment seen by Reuters.",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}