The Moscow Times described reactions in Russia as ranging from glee and xenophobia to more muted schadenfreude and criticism of France and Europe. Bloomberg Business also published audio items referring to fallout from protests in France and a tougher French response to protests.
Euronews reported that Molinoz characterized the violence as planned and called Russian interference certain. Those assertions are attributed to the French politician and are not independently verified in the supplied evidence.
The available source material does not establish the protests' exact scale, locations, causes or full chronology. It also does not establish whether Russian interference occurred or contributed to the violence; the identities of the Russian commentators whose reactions were reported are not provided.