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France detains man on charges of spying on drone factory for Russia: prosecutor

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French authorities have detained and charged a Belarus-born man on suspicion of spying for Russia on a French drone manufacturer, the Paris prosecutor’s office said Friday.

The 48-year-old was arrested on June 3 “while filming a drone prototype belonging to a company that supplies the French and Ukrainian armed forces”, it said, adding that France’s domestic intelligence agency found he “allegedly sent a video to a contact in Russia”.

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