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Greenpeace Activists Face Indictment After Stealing Macron Wax Statue in Russia Ties Protest

Their court appearance on theft charges follows a protest aimed at exposing France’s continued reliance on Russian energy.

La statue en cire du président de la République Emmanuel Macron, volée au musée Grévin à Paris par des militants de Greenpeace qui l’ont posée devant l’ambassade de Russie, à Paris, le 2 juin 2025.
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La statue de cire d'Emmanuel Macron, volée au musée Grévin, le 3 juin 2025.

Overview

  • On June 5, two Greenpeace activists were presented to a Paris investigative judge for probable indictment on charges of group theft of cultural property.
  • The pair have been held for over 60 hours and have spent three nights in custody since their arrest on June 2.
  • They posed as maintenance workers to remove the wax effigy from Musée Grévin before placing it outside the Russian embassy.
  • Greenpeace returned the undamaged statue to EDF headquarters after notifying authorities, underscoring its intent as a symbolic 'borrowed' protest tool.
  • Their lawyer denounces detention conditions as unjustifiably harsh and urges France to curb imports of Russian gas and uranium.