While there was no damage or injuries, the Russian consulate's avenue was cordoned off for several hours on Monday to allow bomb disposal experts to intervene.

Two French physicists were on Thursday sentenced to eight months in jail for throwing homemade explosive devices at the Russian consulate in Marseille. The scientists, who work at France's state research agency,

French authorities say an incendiary device has exploded outside the Russian Consulate in Marseille on the third anniversary of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.