Putin Vs Macron New Flashpoint: French National 'Admits Spying' On Russian Military | Report

French researcher Laurent Vinatier has become the newest flashpoint in the fight between President Emmanuel Macron and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin. Russia's FSB has claimed that Vinatier, who was arrested last month, has admitted to collecting sensitive information on Russian military while working for a Sweden-based NGO in the country. Watch for more details.
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[@fixitdids]

Pity that it is not Macron detained 🤮

[@jacquelinesmit6467]

It's a matter of time, Macron will be arrested

[@leftafricalongtimego9067]

France thought that Russia is West Africa to party

[@Tokwevillage]

They were kicked out of west Africa 😂

[@tnr9012]

@@TokwevillageThey still hold the crème de la crème of the French west Africa colonies; Côte d’Ivoire, Senegal and other coastal states that are giving the three landlocked countries that kicked them out some little bit difficulties! In all this, Nigeria is the big satan and with their installed puppet there as the president, there’ll will never be change soon!

[@Grandmasterlee0001]

😂😂😂

[@mugenmugen9632]

​​@@tnr9012 Niger refused the opportunity for reconciliation with Nigeria after the later cancelled the unfair sanctions. If they were still on good terms they'd have been able to export their oil through Nigeria ports. They turned to Benin instead- big mistake. Tier One French puppets.

[@displacednaija]

Africa will be free if you Europeans and your superior snotty attitudes. Leave our jungle alone in peace

[@greetandries99]

Macron is a devil in disguise.

[@SudeysAbdullahi]

Russia has kicked out the devil from Africa and particularly west African nations colonised by the French

[@fransjebik8554]

He forget that Assange was called a spy by showing us only the american war crimes and was kept in isollate prisons for more than 10 years by 'western' countries. And now you want freedom for a real spy??????

[@vvorldnewsmedia]

as long as the west is standing the world is not safe level the west

[@jerryoftheriver]

A good devil ya thought ya had. But AUKUS got Australia nulclear powered subs anyway. ;) yup ya fooled him but not us. lol

[@user-qm7tw9gq3n]

Absolutely.

[@awake3362]

Small France think it can take on Russia. They will learn the hard way that Russia is not in their league.

[@PlaceHolder-br9pz]

Russia can't even deal with Ukraine.

[@aleksandr_elkov]

@@PlaceHolder-br9pz its not at all about what you're thinking

[@Res0w_001]

​@PlaceHolder-br9pz, you're wrong, respectfully,russia could wipe Ukraine away but thats not their goal and even if so why don't you ask yourself why NATO don't want a problem with russia let alone Ukraine,putin want those russia speaking regions of Ukraine to be left alone and live in peace in Ukraine but not so much Ukraine and hence fight for only those if they don't head,he'll get Ukraine in no time since his military adviced him and sajd he don't want that cause he's not a bad guy,get informed well brother

[@Ahmad_Sadik]

​@@PlaceHolder-br9pzRussia could wipe out whole Ukraine if they wanted to. Dont watch western media. They lie alot and brainwash people. Please have some brain and help the world to rebuild peace.

[@atomiss6595]

THE LITTLE NAPOLIUM IS A LITTLE WEAK MAN. 🤣

[@bobd7384]

Prisoner exchange, Macron and Biden for Laurent.

[@brokenspokes3739]

Throw in trudeau just for fun

[@PeleRana-pp6zc]

@@brokenspokes3739and Starmer…. Please 🙏

[@vangiapbui2859]

❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@mussakachingwe2708]

😂😂😂

[@richkingdaverichking331]

🤣🤣🤣

[@fahemida]

Macron's popularity has plummeted to nearly zero.

[@silvesterkapusta1988]

Zaslúžene.

[@user-dt5lu6bp9z]

@@fahemida do they still like his man wife?

[@GregoryBamber]

Smirking while in the court lockup. He won't be smirking in a Siberian jail.

[@ninaloos3071]

Thr Russian jail will freeze his jerking smile so he would look like a smiling clown. It will fit his limited frenchy brains

[@lindseyg9666]

He thinks his handlers and Macron will retrieve their assets lo lol

[@njikangclifford8259]

He'll soon find out where 'Freedom of navigation & snooping' can land one!

[@acm8258]

This superior smirk... clasic for an arrogant western scum. Put him in Siberia !

[@4n4Queen]

Better believe don't drop those soap. 😂 he ain't gonna smirking anymore.

[@emrisrex]

Lies and more lies from Macron

[@silvesterkapusta1988]

Mimovládkami treba skoncovať, prinášajú nepokoj a rozvrat. NKÚ

[@coshyno]

I hope he gets what he deserves !

[@DonnieTownsley-ih8mx]

Amen!!

[@sjamwal3199]

Well done President Putin ❤ yea

[@PerceivedREALITY999]

macron, scholz, sunak, trudeau, biden, zelensky and netanyahu are competing for the clown of the year award. It's going to be a close contest this year.

[@simodjordjevic2701]

You forgot Australian TAlibanese to add to the list..

[@jamesaron1967]

Or, they're competing for the WEF global leaders award...

[@njikangclifford8259]

Sunak just got the boot. I wonder who is next?

[@jamesaron1967]

@@njikangclifford8259 Hopefully Macron. He's as despicable as they come.

[@limspoon529]

Amusing

[@user-fn5lq6eu1q]

French will soon have a new government,,,, That will work with Russia,,, for peace and development

[@alfredjames6450]

Its high time for a French government for the French citizens....

[@vagabond919]

EU far right wings are united by V. Orban

[@IgorMychalczyszyn-xf4km]

Why would any country side with Putin the warmonger.

[@Pummkin1]

No, Russia has brought war, they brought the Russian Georgian War, now the Ukrainian.

[@johnrday2023]

Unfortunately, the French government could never be trusted in anything! Vivre la France .

[@ByttenizAmoron]

Go Putin and BRICS

[@craig4867]

He did a bad thing! And he will be dealt with! 🇷🇺

[@SohelRana-zx6zn]

And that's why foreign agent bill is needed in every country

[@lamindabo6701]

Sentence to life in prison

[@stanspb763]

The maximum is 5 years and likely serve 2-3.

[@lavonnetraylor8403]

No, it's five years if convicted I believe

[@Koolasicewater]

That smile will be wiped off his face

[@vvorldnewsmedia]

as long as the west is standing the world is not safe level the west

[@paulparoma]

Maybe not. Maybe he will find the love of his life in prison.🙃

[@kumboahmed3992]

😅😅😅​@@paulparoma

[@carlosb1]

He will learn the Russian national anthem really quick lol

[@stayhumble4ever]

100%

[@user-xz1nc3vc3n]

Macron word are those of a bad liar i know i'm french.

[@NAP795]

For being caught, and admitting to be a French Military SPY on Russian soil, he is pretty well treated by the Russian FSB from the video shown. It would be a totally different show of force by the West if it were a Russian “SPY”!!

[@PlaceHolder-br9pz]

Mutliple of them have been caught in Germany. They're treated well, given food, a warm bed and legal representation, while staying physically unharmed. In contrast to the Crocus hall attackers, who were tortured.

[@bernardphilippe9180]

VRAI......

[@absolutefreedom8035]

nope, even murderers are treated well here, too well. I am in France.

[@al68fc11]

You're right. Every video showed them acting professional and with zero drama, just 2 to 3 people. The USA 20 people with automatic weapons, screaming, dressed like they are ready to go to war, 20 police cars.

[@Pummkin1]

no, it'd be abt the same

[@alteravita1790]

Froggy got caught 😢

[@eugenebennett5800]

PLACE HIM INT HE COLDEST JAIL...

[@monaliza3334]

Luckily it's all up North 😂...

[@alimalani9905]

Send him to Zionists jail the dogs are waiting for him

[@maureenleckie6216]

let him rot,it’s amazing how quickly the smirk will disappear.

[@YouCountSheep]

Dude is so calm and is smiling. Bro about to go to some camp in siberia for the next 30 years.

[@stanspb763]

For that offense the max is 5 years but few serve that long. Russia does not have many prisons because most were closed in 2017 due to lack of prisoners. 73 prisons were closed. Crime is very low compared to Europe. I live in a city of 7mil in Russia, as an American, and my GF can walk through any neighborhood or any of the 600 parks a lone at 3am and be perfectly safe. It so much safer and united than any place in the US, everyone seems to et a long. I have seen the great changes from the 90s then moved full time to Russia in 2000 and every year gets better and is a far better place to raise a family of start a business than the US now, much safer, more cultured better educated far lower lower cost of living and essentially no stress.

[@francoistinchant6408]

@@stanspb763Je vous envie ❤

[@simodjordjevic2701]

​@@stanspb763many people are envying you brother..

[@jamesaron1967]

@@stanspb763 Fascinating, what you're saying about Russia. I've heard similar accounts. Our lives here in the West have become less safe with a diminished standard of living. Education was appalling in my youth back in the 80s, hate to think what it must be in academia these days. Regarding the original comment, it was probably a joke but I'm sure if this occurred in the US he would serve a longer time. For such a serious crime it seems like a light sentence to me.

[@elenasivac7352]

@@stanspb763Let me guess… Saint Petersburg🤔?

[@deonlubbe6127]

Stand with Putin

[@cryptovlog420]

Jail in Russia

[@weee721]

his bottom will be tunnelled there

[@monaliza3334]

Navalny was designing underwear in jail, not bad...Russia isn't like Guantanamo...

[@user-ke4ks3cx6m]

They will learn hard way ...

[@sunnyboy4553]

Did you see the arrogant smirk on his face as he was being led into the building? What innocent person would do that? The scared mouse guy outside the cell in the bow tie was obviously a high level French official, dressed like he'd just been called from a formal dinner party at the French embassy. Why such a high level government official unless this spy was someone important to them? Then there was a second "minder" sitting down outside the cell as if he'd been there a long, long time and was too tired to keep standing. If this spy wasn't important, these two characters from the French diplomatic staff wouldn't be planted outside his cell, as if to guard him.

[@njikangclifford8259]

As a frog, he borrowed from his 'relative', the toad, which under duress 'pumps' itself up to look bigger than it actually is! Let's wait and see for how long!

[@limspoon529]

Have to keep an eye on this guy afraid more secrets are leaked out soon

[@domenicamassaro8221]

Next Monday Micron will be past his expiration date

[@francoistinchant6408]

🙏🙏👌👌

[@miramaric4383]

Enough of that jerk .👋

[@bernardphilippe9180]

Vive la Grande Russie ,, les traites étrangers doivent subir la Justice de ce pays et elle sera appliquée.

[@ronaldmessina4229]

Y porqué hay que traducir al anglosajón?😢 el anglosajón no tiene nada de la gracia necesaria para hacer traducciones, en cambio el FRANCÉS es completamente válido para hacerse entender mundialmente ❤😊

[@ccss6490]

Europe is asking Putin to destroy them 😂

[@Pummkin1]

Putin cant destroy europe my guy

[@vvorldnewsmedia]

as long as the west is standing the world is not safe level the west

[@tia904]

@@Pummkin1 They already have most of it.

[@ccss6490]

@@Pummkin1 who the fu*k do u think u r blud , any idea who started this war ?

[@Pummkin1]

@@tia904No, they got around half.

[@codewx]

FSB has been pretty civilized this time. Clearly, if you don't want to be battered and bruised, it is probably better to admit your wrongs, especially when presented with evidence.

[@SafeAndEffectiveTheySaid]

Macron has to go

[@limspoon529]

One and two goes off at least less trouble for the world to burden

[@samwisegamgee289]

what a silly little frenchman , pauvre lui

[@francoistinchant6408]

Big idiot 😜 very big ..

[@a.m.armstrong8354]

The guy's talking too much, poor spy material.

[@bodosergewilfried4519]

😅... When your life is at stake and you have to figure out what your best chances of survival are...

[@njikangclifford8259]

Remember Bill Clinton's trial? The New style is to 'Ramble' as much as possible, to 'flood' the persecutor with 'material' in an attempt to hide the real deed. But he'll soon find out that James Bond movies are just that, Fiction Movies! Even in them, the French were never portrayed as being 'Heroic'! Only the MI6!

[@jys76]

We are not in James Bond or any other Hollywood blockbuster. Generally speaking, people spying on behalf of foreign powers and intelligence agencies are ordinary citizens who are not under surveillance of counterintelligence. They can do much more than professionals who are already known when they enter the country...

[@alrent2992]

That poor guy is singing like a big bird now. Macron is toasted and roasted. 😂 20 years in the gulag.

[@ItopaAl]

Five years? No wonder he’s smirking!

[@Jesus-Histler]

Russia needs to make french fries

[@donnalowe9334]

IMAGINE all the people sharing the world as one ..........the world as one........

[@valjatriogina228]

I doubt, that the frogeater will still smile, when the cameras are off!😂😂😂

[@nicholasl507]

Proof and physical evidence dont lie..

[@terefefeyssa877]

@nicholas1507: What physical evidence? The man said, " I didn't do it."😠

[@simodjordjevic2701]

​@@terefefeyssa877ha ha, of course he didn't..

[@terefefeyssa877]

@@simodjordjevic2701 : If He didn't, why you talk like this??😳

[@simodjordjevic2701]

@@terefefeyssa877 he admitted, then you say he didn't..

[@terefefeyssa877]

@@simodjordjevic2701 : I am talking about Macron

[@stevebrown2540]

Mr. Macron "Those in power who seek to corrupt the morality of a society, where countless families strive for a better future, betray not only their office but also the very foundation of our collective humanity."

[@richard50ification]

Is this a message for him, or are you citing him?

[@stevebrown2540]

@@richard50ification Here is why "Foreign governments mock the French by talking about Mrs. Macron and the fact that she is a TRANS. How can a people re-elect a representative who is ridiculed on the international stage?"

[@sardis6619]

@@stevebrown2540 They say she was born a male. Macron was 14 when they met, she was almost 40. Looks like a pedophilia case.

[@simodjordjevic2701]

​@@richard50ificationhe just likes to use the quotation marks..

[@gerolddo]

I can't believe it that the Russians came non aggressive towards him. This guy is really lucky that he isn't treated hard handed.

[@stanspb763]

Why, do you know anything about Russian police? The entire system was restructured in 2007-9 and crime is very low compared to Europe or US, Very few people are in prison, in fact crime rates were so low by 2017 they closed 73 prisons due to lack of crime. You can walk anywhere in large cities at 3am alone and have no reason for fear. Do you know anything that is actually true about Russia or only want the US and EU claim? You need to spend time in countries targeted by western propaganda to learn the truth.

[@gerolddo]

@@stanspb763 you misunderstood me. They shouldn't have to be soft on guys like this. These western evil people should have the maximum punishment from spying. Putin is my hero, and I don't care what others are saying about him, because they all are brainwashed by the Western lying fake news. I don't fall for all these kids from them. They will can't destroy Russia. Not the Yankees ore the losing NATO clown's

[@francoistinchant6408]

@@stanspb763tous ne succombent pas à la télévision propagandiste …malgré leurs efforts 🤪Nous sommes très nombreux à respecter et admirer Poutine pour sa patience et nous aimons son peuple avec lequel nous avons été toujours amis . Nos élites sont minables . Nous sommes désolés et coincés…pour le moment.

[@FaithWilliams-mm9kg]

Very correct I'm currently in Russia and i most everywhere is so peaceful. Truely God lives here.​@stanspb763

[@gerolddo]

@@FaithWilliams-mm9kg my eldest son wanted to join the Russian army😂😂😂

[@Zander7.5]

Wait a minute! Everything alright, as long as you register your foreign agent status! 🤔🤨

[@janenewman8939]

Why do you eant him back so quick if he isnt a spy. Seems suspicious to me.

[@christopherlaub4069]

That guy got caught and gave people up. What a good spie😂

[@godwino1466]

Just wondering what he saw to make him confess so fast. I guess he might have heard the untold story that made him sang like a little bird...😅😅😅😅

[@ct4074]

well, it appears he still has his ears in place, too bad!

[@kumboahmed3992]

Good sign?😅😅😅

[@stayhumble4ever]

For now..

[@knowthyself1729]

Is that a real jail? It looks quit nice😊

[@erickanter]

Get real man. That moron won't like real Russian jails.

[@MariaLukacs-wo7ks]

Big evil Macaroni

[@stayhumble4ever]

He will probably "self delete"

[@markaskew]

He should be lucky he wasn't spying in Ukraine!

[@alrent2992]

5 years because he wouldn't live that long. 😂

[@MrGercela64]

5 years sntence? Russians are so mellow.

[@twalibulomy-cd4zd]

Trying to spy on KGB is like shooting urslf in the foot

[@richardbrendish5602]

And MacGone stamped his feet .

[@lamindabo6701]

Immediately released means immediate arrest him and send him to jail and throw the keys in the trash or river

[@stanspb763]

You do not make any sense, but as someone who knows nothing about Russia but propaganda it makes sense to you and not not care about reality or truth.

[@simodjordjevic2701]

​@@stanspb763I think he didn't say nothing bad for Russians.. he just wants Frenchy to go to jail, then throw the keys away..

[@wealthychef]

let's see if Russia treats spies better than the US treats journalists

[@Koolasicewater]

Bye bye birdie

[@user-ho7xj4sq1h]

Once caught all countries will say the same. This person has never worked for them. France keep getting kicked out of countries but they still dont listen.

[@silvesterkapusta1988]

Macron už nie je potrebný. Dostal čo potreboval.

[@user-gm9bq2kh3o]

France dont learn hey

[@phoneblaster]

...exchange this spy for Macron . lol

[@francoistinchant6408]

👍👏Not lol 😂… sérieusement 😅

[@florencelongbottom5543]

Jail for life. He has no business there

[@akatsukiwolf2735]

France will do everything to get Laurent back. 😅😅 Laurent is smart and is spilling the beans on France rather than experience torture during interrogation. 😅😅 He is so relaxed.

[@rdallas81]

Wheres Khardovsky? He sat in the same jail

[@supercamiful]

Send him to North Korea 😂😂😂

[@vladislavfeldman6562]

5 year max sentence, obviously nothing to extreme.

[@franciscosolis3079]

He should have been sent to the front line as a bait.?😂😂😂😂

[@MrFullService]

A New France is dawning. I with the same was ahead of us in the us.

[@user-ui1lg9ut2x]

Do Russians like fried frog legs I wonder ?

[@sinisadabic5371]

This guy is done, theyll never let him go or at least old age

[@mujahidhasan118]

Macaroni Cheese Got Stuck In Russia 😢

[@jeanbaptistegiusti9215]

Un séjour en Sibérie ne ferait pas de mal. En ce moment il fait trop chaud en France

[@DragoM128]

He will eat an croissant for breakfast and a baguette for dinner in one of those russian prisons 😂😂

[@jabbawakka7286]

A possible cell mare for American spy Whelan.

[@PerceivedREALITY999]

macron has earned his rightful place in the dustbin of history. He will forever be remembered as a fart in the wind.

[@francoistinchant6408]

🤪👏👍😂

[@Martti-xp1re]

If he go to sibiria he well be way better of than gonzalo lira

[@slidethru468]

Threw away years of his life for some dummies in power on the wrong side of history.

[@MohammadJafar-vz6lv]

The french spy should be given the appropriate sentence never to return home for spying on a sovereign country which is a very very very serious crime which should not be taken lightly.

[@hankogle6858]

I would not want to be arrested as a spy in Russia. The dude may appear brave but he is crying like a baby girl . When the cameras go off

[@user-pp1ql7ix1i]

I would be scared if i was him

[@deividassimonis728]

First mistake he made he does not have a russian haircut😅.

[@rajadurai4021]

Mr Macron needs more knowledge to know about Russian power.

[@bobwilk5155]

His goose is cooked...

[@johnmatthews8810]

The quintessential dirty Frenchman lol

[@francoistinchant6408]

Bien vu !

[@harryiman7093]

Die zeit für Frankreich als Großmacht ist vorbei Die Zeit der Ausbeutung ist vorbei Die Zeit ist für die ehemaligen Kolonien ist gekommen Pech für Macon das er zur Zeit der President ist

[@MrWrath777]

macron macaroni in the cooking pot - being cooked by Putin and Le Pen.

[@existentoneness]

Russia knows what to do as Moscow would follow through thoroughly. Macton should keep his cool if he's got no skeletons in his cupboard.

[@wouterkellerman4458]

And now the FSB will have a nice fireside chat with this dude. A red hot poker may enter the chat........

[@stanspb763]

He will be treated fairly and his apparent crime has a max sentence of 5 years but few serve any time as an unregistered foreign agent as long as he reports is place of residence. It is not illegal to be a foreign agent but he needed to register as one. If he stole state secrets and passed them along, that is a more serious crime.

[@davidmann4802]

Time for France to pay a serious penalty for this.. say hello to Zircon

[@VnVDSKB1]

Put that spy in Gulag prison for life!

[@Rick-m5p]

50 years of hard labour in siberia😊

[@baldeagledelta3482]

Napoleon Bonafart got caught lying again 😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@djfrankwhyt5860]

But why keep him in a cage 'though😢?

[@tiahenry4743]

Because he is a singing bird.

[@mocrosnuremberg4444]

🤭🤭 stupid French agency sending spy like that ,he looks like a spy 🤭🤭🤭

[@Angeprof]

Amazing. He’s so forthcoming that something about that feels off.

[@somaloignoto2988]

Frechy wrong place to be, i wish was Justine Trudeau

[@stevannikolovski]

Only five years for a spy? At least 40.

[@rosszografov614]

Who can forget how Macaroni was put at the furthest point of the table, in the Moscow effort of the french president, to plead.. whatever he pleaded, to the Russian Federation Government. We remember, the ling grey face of Macaroni, getting back to Paris and saying some very stupid things...like..."Russia must not be destroyed", etc... as if it was Russia that was losing the confrontation. Today, it's so clear that the Russian Federation has won this battle in Ukraine...and it's Europe that is worried about it's own future...just like Washington is worried about it's own survival. We live in a new world, A MULTIPOLAR Order, led by BRICS MEMBERSHIP. NOT BY ANY INDIVIDUAL COUNTRY, NO MATTER HOW STRONG NOR HOW ECONOMICALLY POWERFUL.

[@lindseyg9666]

Spying one of the oldest professions