Russian nationals among 4 people arrested in France over espionage investigation

In videos posted by SOS Donbass, Novikova and Perfetti have both promoted posters that are downloadable on the group's website and which show a handshake in the Russian colors and the words, “Russia is not my enemy.” The SOS Donbass website says Novikova founded the group in 2022 after visiting the Donbas, the name that Russians use for the Donetsk and Luhansk regions of eastern Ukraine that Moscw's forces have largely occupied. The organization describes itself as a humanitarian nongovernmental organization that collects funds and distributes aid to Donbas residents “who have been bombarded by the Ukrainian army with NATO weapons.” It also says that it wants to “build a bridge of peace between Europe and Russia.”