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Greenpeace Heists Macron Wax Statue to Spotlight France’s Russian Trade

The stolen figure remained outside the Russian embassy after Monday’s heist to call for the end of French imports of Russian gas, fertilizers and uranium.

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Greenpeace activists install a wax statue of French President Emmanuel Macron borrowed from the Grevin Museum without permission, to denounce what they call France's continued commercials ties with Russia despite the war in Ukraine, in front of the Russian Embassy in Paris, France, June 2, 2025. REUTERS/Benoit Tessier
Greenpeace activists install a wax statue of French President Emmanuel Macron borrowed from the Grevin Museum without permission, to denounce what they call France's continued commercials ties with Russia despite the war in Ukraine, in front of the Russian Embassy in Paris, France, June 2, 2025. REUTERS/Benoit Tessier
Greenpeace activists made away with a wax figure of French President Emmanuel Macron, which had been hidden under a blanket

Overview

  • On June 2, Greenpeace activists posing as tourists slipped a €40,000 wax replica of President Macron out of Paris’s Grévin Museum through an emergency exit.
  • The group propped the statue outside the Russian embassy in the 16th arrondissement to protest France’s ongoing contracts for Russian liquefied natural gas, chemical fertilisers and nuclear fuel.
  • Jean-Francois Julliard, head of Greenpeace France, said Macron “embodies this double discourse” by vocally supporting Ukraine while allowing French companies to keep trading with Moscow.
  • Activists also condemned Macron’s nuclear revival strategy and urged him to sever agreements with Russia’s state-owned Rosatom as part of a sustainable ecological transition.
  • The waxwork remains on display outside the embassy and Greenpeace has pledged to return it at an unspecified date, prolonging attention on France’s energy and trade policies with Russia.