Emmanuel Macron WaxWork stolen from the French Museum of Activists

A wax figure of French President Emmanuel Macron was stolen from a museum in Paris by environmental activists who were hiding as employees.

Greenpeace activists have entered the Grevin Museum, posing as tourists before changing their clothes, covering the statue with a blanket and taking it over an emergency, a police source told French news agency AFP.

Later, WaxWork reappeared outside the Russian Embassy, ​​where activists denied Macron’s attitude towards French companies who continue to do business with Russia after a full invasion of Ukraine.

Macron was one of Kiev’s most vocal supporters and was a leading figure in the European efforts to ensure that fire ceased.

The footage showed activists who put the wax work in front of the embassy along with signs and posters.

No arrests have been made and the wax work of EUR 40,000 ($ 33,765; $ 45,674) has not yet been restored.

Jean-Francois Juliard, leader of Greenpeace France, told AFP that Paris “plays a double game” in support of Ukraine, while allowing French companies to continue importing gas and fertilizer from Russia.

He said Macron “embodied this double discourse” and “should be the first” among European leaders to terminate trade contracts with Russian companies.

BBC analysis in May It has shown that Russia continues to make billions of fossil exports to the West, including in the EU.

Russia had Made More Than € 883BN (£ 740bn; $ 973BN) in Revenue from Fossil Fuel Exports Sint of the Start-Scale Invidence of UKRATE IN 2022, Including € 228BN According to the Center for Energy and Pure Air Studies (CREA).

The share of the lion, € 209 billion (€ 176 billion; $ 238 billion) comes from EU member states – from this figure, 17.9 billion euros ($ 15.1 billion; $ 20.4 billion) comes from France.

Russian estimates claim that gas exports to Europe increased by up to 20% in 2024, with liquefied natural gas (VPG) exports reached record levels. Half of the exports of liquefied natural gas to the EU currently, Creata says.

In addition to offering military assistance to Kiev, France also imposed a number of sanctions on Russia and Russian individuals since the beginning of the war in Ukraine.

Macron also warned of further sanctions against Moscow if he did not cooperate with the effort to negotiate fire.