This Tuesday, June 25, Gabriel Attal mentioned the name of a Franco-Russian advisor to the National Rally in the European Parliament: Tamara Volokhova. Who is this dual national who has run several times in the Bas-Rhin department?
The name of Tamara Volokhova was mentioned by Gabriel Attal this Tuesday, June 25 during the debate which pitted her against Jordan Bardella and Manuel Bompard. During this sequence on the limitation of French dual nationals to sensitive positions, the leader of the National Rally first questions the Prime Minister “Would you put a Franco-Russian in charge of a nuclear power plant? Doesn’t this pose a matter of national interest to you?”
To which Gabriel Attal responded by speaking of Tamara Volokhova, a Franco-Russian “advisor to the ID group in the European Parliament, who represents you in the Foreign Affairs Committee on security and defense issues? It turns out that she is Franco-Russian, that she attends closed-door meetings with confidential information about the war in Ukraine.
“Tamara is yes, Rachida is no”
“The reality is that your proposal does not concern Franco-Russians in important positions, it is a way of sending a message to help you win votes. Tamara is yes, Rachida is no “ concludes the tenant of Matignon.
This thirty-year-old Russian, technical advisor to the RN in the European Parliament, arrived on French soil at the age of 17 reveals South WestOf Ukrainian origin, she first studied communications in Strasbourg before becoming a naturalised citizen in 2016. Following an internship in communications in Pillippe de Villiers’ office at the European Parliament, she joined the National Front in 2013.
Tamara Volokhova is particularly in the sights of the DGSI, which likens her to a “relay of influence” used by Putin’s Russia. According to French intelligence, the young woman came into contact with a Russian spy, and according to certain experts interviewed by “Rue 89 Strasbourg”, she would play the role of agent of influence for the Putin regime.
According to an investigation by Ukrainian researcher Anton Schekhovtsov, the Franco-Russian woman worked for MEPs Aymeric Chauprade and then Thierry Mariani, both known for their pro-Russian positions, recalls Release.
