"The Paris criminal court gave two-year sentences to Georgi Filipov and Kiril Milushev, described as the perpetrators, and four years and three years respectively to Nikolay Ivanov and Mircho Angelov, considered the operation’s “masterminds”. Angelov is still at large.

All four were also banned from entering French territory for life."
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https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/oct/31/russia-link-suspected-as-bulgarians-jailed-for-vandalising-paris-jewish-memorial

"The trial was the first of its kind in France, one of a series of similar crimes suspected of having been orchestrated by a foreign power with the aim to destabilise.

The four defendants were not tried for acting on behalf of a foreign power: that aggravating circumstance was only added to France’s criminal code after the incident took place."
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https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/oct/31/russia-link-suspected-as-bulgarians-jailed-for-vandalising-paris-jewish-memorial

"Filipov swore he did not realise he was tagging the memorial, which is known as the “wall of the righteous”.

He also rejected accusations that his recruitment was related to his apparent neo-Nazi affiliations, including having a swastika tattoo and appearing in social media posts giving Nazi salutes."

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https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/oct/31/russia-link-suspected-as-bulgarians-jailed-for-vandalising-paris-jewish-memorial