accuses a well-known chef and TV contestant of being a Russian spy at the Olympics

In your account Instagrampresents itself as “An attractive Russian man in a smart outfit sharing recipesincluding one made with caviar for Valentine’s Day.”

“We are convinced that was going to organize destabilization operations, interference and espionage. “It is now in the judicial system, which will be able to confirm the police’s suspicions,” these were the statements of the French Minister of the InteriorGérald Darmanin, in a recent interview.

The chef is in custody after being charged with “collaboration with a foreign power to foment hostilities in France,” a charge that could carry up to 30 years in prison, as reported The Times.

Griaznov arrived in France in 2010, where He trained at the prestigious Cordon Bleu cooking school in Parisbefore working at a luxury hotel in Courchevel, a popular destination among wealthy Russians, and later embarking on a career as a private chef, according to French media.

In a Russian culinary blog, he mentioned that His arrival in France was a “shock” and that initially experienced a “disdain” towards the countryalthough she eventually fell in love with him.

Over the next 14 years, He returned to Russia frequentlyparticipating in a cooking show in the style of MasterChef and in another similar to The Bachelorwhere contestants compete to be the protagonist’s wife.

However, The Worldwho had access to Griaznov’s emails, reported that His activity did not match the image he projected on Instagram.

After earning a law degree from Perm State University in the Russian region where he grew up, Griaznov He contacted agents linked to the FSB and the GRURussia’s military intelligence service.

The emails revealed that He had been asked to verify information about a “high-ranking economic security official”whose identity remains hidden.

His “confession”

Russian media confirmed that Griaznov was in Russia on May 7 and had plans to fly from Moscow to Istanbul, where he would take a connecting flight to Paris the following day.

However, he was unable to do so, as he got so drunk at Istanbul Airport that They banned him from boarding his plane. For this reason, Griaznov took a taxi to the Bulgarian border, where another vehicle took him to St. Vlas, a resort town on the Black Sea coast in Bulgaria where he owns property.

Griaznov stayed in his apartment for a few days before moving to Varna, a city located 60 miles north of St. Vlas. From there, he managed to fly to Paris.

During one of his dinners by the sea, he got drunk again and He revealed to his neighbors that he had a special goal that summer in Paris: disrupt the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games.

At first the neighbors did not believe him. However, when Griaznov He showed his FSB IDaccording to testimonies collected by The Insiderdisbelief faded away.

A few days later, Griaznov headed to Varna and boarded a flight from there. Before leaving for Paris,made a call to his superior at the FSB to report that the operation was underway and mentioned that he had recruited “to another Moldovan from Chisinau“.

According to the newspaper, Griaznov, during his stay in Russia, shared the same driver with a GRU agent, Russian Central Intelligence Agencyand had links to Denis Sergeev, who was identified by British police as part of the team that poisoned Sergei Skripal in Salisbury in 2018.

He also claimed to have seen documents indicating that his plane ticket to Russia in 2019 was acquired by an individual who had worked for the FSB, at least until the year 2000.

In his CV, Griaznov said: “I have always considered myself a potential leader,” adding that he was a “reliable, respectable, highly trusted and valued member of the team, with the skills to achieve the proposed objectives.”

Now what is in a prison cell in Parishis superiors at the Moscow Center might have a completely different perspective on that self-assessment.