▁revolution ary ▁terror ists . ▁He ▁facil itated ▁and ▁fin anced ▁a ▁fake ▁consp i racy ▁of ▁a ▁number ▁of ▁revolution aries ▁to ▁assass inate ▁Russian ▁Emperor ▁Alexander ▁III . ▁To ▁this ▁end , ▁a ▁number ▁of ▁bomb s ▁were ▁prepared ▁and ▁distributed ▁among ▁the ▁consp ir ators . ▁Rach kov sky ▁then ▁t ipped ▁off ▁the ▁S û ret é , ▁the ▁French ▁secret ▁police , ▁and ▁consp ir ators ▁were ▁arrested , ▁but ▁Landes en ▁escaped . ▁In ▁a ▁widely ▁public ised ▁trial ▁of ▁ 1 8 9 0 , ▁the ▁consp ir ators ▁were ▁sent enced ▁to ▁prison ▁terms ▁or ▁exp elled ▁from ▁France . ▁Landes en , ▁considered ▁the ▁ring ▁leader , ▁was ▁sent enced ▁in ▁absent ia ▁to ▁five ▁years ▁in ▁prison . ▁This ▁operation ▁served ▁not ▁only ▁the ▁primary ▁task ▁of ▁neutral ising ▁the ▁radical ▁revolution aries , ▁but ▁also ▁to ▁show ▁to ▁the ▁Russian ▁government ▁that ▁France ▁was ▁no ▁longer ▁soft ▁on ▁sub vers ives . ▁This ▁facil itated ▁the ▁Franco - Russ ian ▁Alliance , ▁which ▁was ▁Rach kov sky ' s ▁major ▁of ▁diplom atic ▁goal . ▁ ▁Belg ium ▁and ▁Germany ▁ ▁H ack el man ▁then ▁fled ▁to ▁Belg ium , ▁where ▁he ▁assumed ▁a ▁new ▁name , ▁Ark adi y ▁Hart ing . ▁Rach kov sky ▁assigned ▁Hart ing ▁to ▁a ▁number ▁of ▁miss ions ▁concerned ▁with ▁security ▁of ▁visit ing ▁Russian ▁dign itar ies . ▁For ▁these ▁assign ments , ▁he ▁was ▁decor ated ▁by ▁Hon ours ▁from ▁Russia ▁and