France denied entry to several Russian journalists to the Olympics, fearing spies — Interior Minister Darmanin
The French authorities have banned several dozen foreigners from attending the Olympics for fear of espionage. As Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin told Le Journal du Dimanche, the ban on such grounds affected just under a hundred people from Russia, Belarus and other countries, which the official declined to list. According to him, we are talking about people who tried to get to the Olympics in Paris under the guise of journalists, physiotherapists, technical staff.