Who Put Pig Heads Outside Paris Mosques? A Leaked Kremlin Document Claims Credit, Translated
A leaked after-action report shows the Social Design Agency, a Kremlin-contracted firm, claiming credit for the September 2025 desecration of ten mosques and Muslim centers around Paris.
This is a leaked internal after-action report from the Social Design Agency (SDA — Агентство социального проектирования), the Moscow political-technology firm run by Ilya Gambashidze and operating under the supervision of Russia’s Presidential Administration. It documents “Operation ‘Pig Head,’” an Islamophobic provocation carried out on the night of 8–9 September 2025, in which a six-person team placed severed pig heads marked “MACRON” at ten mosques and Muslim cultural centers around Paris, timed to coincide with France’s “September 10” protest mobilization.
The report surfaced in the leak obtained by the Dossier Center with Shomrim, Le Monde, and the OCCRP consortium. Read it as the perpetrators’ own self-congratulatory account. The operatives behind this and related stunts were Serbian nationals, several later arrested and convicted in Europe. Russian-language original pdf-file can be viewed here.
Report on Operation: “Pig Head”
Location: Paris, France
Date: 8–9 September 2025
Carried out simultaneously with the “#10September” operation.
Operation summary
In Paris, severed pig heads — 10 (ten) in total — are delivered to the city’s mosques and Muslim cultural centers. On each pig’s forehead, the surname of the country’s president — “MACRON” — is written in blue marker or other permanent ink.
Photographs of the heads before the operation began (08.09.2025):
Method of execution
A team of 6 (six) people was engaged to carry it out.
IMPORTANT (!): The operatives had no contact with the team responsible for the “#10September” operation and are unaware that it took place.
The team arrived in Paris on 07.09.2025. On 08.09, reconnaissance of the area was conducted, the pig heads — purchased in advance through a network of intermediaries — were delivered, and other supplies were procured. The operation was carried out at night, between 00:00 and 05:00, on the night of 8–9 September 2025. After carrying out the operation, the team successfully left the country.
Results of the operation
Target No. 1: Mosquée (Institut des Cultures d’Islam – ICI). Address: 56 Rue Stephenson, 75018.
Result:
Target No. 2: Mosquée Islah Montreuil. Address: 70 Rue des Sorins, 93100 Montreuil.
Result:
Target No. 3: Association Islamique Al-Ghadir. Address: 15 Pl. du Général de Gaulle, 93100 Montreuil.
Result:
Target No. 4: Mosquée Anwar El-Madina. Address: 27 Rue Etienne Marey, 75020.
Result:
Target No. 5: Mosquée (Union des Musulmans de Malakoff). Address: 1 Rue Avaulée, 92240 Malakoff.
Result:
Target No. 6: Mosquée Khalid Ibn Al-walid. Address: 28 Rue Myrha, 75018.
Result:
Target No. 7: Mosquée de Javel. Address: 47 Rue de Javel, 75015.
Result:
Target No. 8: Mosquée de Montrouge. Address: 51 Rue Racine, 92120 Montrouge.
Result:
Target No. 9: Association Musulmane De Gentilly. Address: 140 Rue Gabriel Péri, 94250 Gentilly.
Result:
Target No. 10: Mosquée de Saint-Ouen. Address: 3 Rue des Docks, 93400 Saint-Ouen-sur-Seine.
Result:
While attempting to access this location, the operatives encountered the mosque’s round-the-clock armed security, which prevented them from entering the restricted premises. As a result, the pig head was placed at the entrance. When they attempted (at the operation coordinator’s insistence) to return and move the head to a backup location, police were already on the scene. It was therefore decided to leave the head where it was.
Additional notes
A USB flash drive containing 28 (twenty-eight) photographs of the completed operation is attached to this report.
The operation received wide coverage in world media:
French-language sources (access via VPN):
…and many others
English-language sources (access via VPN):
CNN (USA)
CBS News (USA)
Reuters (USA)
Barron’s (USA)
AOL (USA)
TRT Global (Turkey)
Ynet News (Israel)
Morocco World News (Morocco)
The Straits Times (Singapore)
Free Malaysia Today (Malaysia)
Maeil Business Newspaper (S. Korea)
Bilyonaryo News (Philippines)
Al Arabiya (UAE)
Mathrubhumi (India)
Fakti BG (Bulgaria)
…and many others
Russian-language sources:
RIA Novosti — “Pig heads dumped at mosques in Paris” (09.09.2025)
Gazeta.ru — “Pig heads marked ‘Macron’ found near mosques in France”
Argumenty i Fakty — “Pig heads marked ‘Macron’ found near mosques in France”
RIA Novy Den — “Someone scattered pig heads at mosque entrances in Paris” (09.09.2025)
Moskovsky Komsomolets (MK) — “Pig heads marked ‘Macron’ dumped at Paris mosques”
Regnum — “Pig heads dumped at Paris mosques”
EurAsia Daily (EADaily) — “Pig heads marked ‘Macron’ dumped at mosques in Paris” (9 September 2025)
RuTube — “Pig heads marked ‘Macron’ found in front of mosques in Paris” (video, posted 9 September 2025, runtime 00:04:24)
Certainly makes sense that this was all Russian fuckery. But why would they be messing around with USB drives? Doesn't make sense when a report like this could be encrypted, hidden in a larger document (or not) and sent via secure channels.