Two French researchers charged over Russian consulate attack

Maria Zakharovarussian foreign ministry spokesperson

The explosions on the territory of the Russian consulate general in Marseille have all the signs of a terrorist attack,

foreign ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova told Russian reporters

We demand that the host country undertake exhaustive and speedy investigative measures, as well as steps to strengthen the security of Russia's foreign missions,

said Zakharova

The inviolability, protection and integrity of diplomatic and consular compounds and their staff are fundamental principles in international law,

the spokesperson said

France condemns any infringement of the security of diplomatic compounds,

a foreign ministry spokesperson told reporters