Overview

• On June 2, three Greenpeace activists disguised as tourists and staff stole the €40,000 wax statue of President Macron from the Musée Grévin and deposited it before the Russian Embassy in Paris.
• They bypassed security by changing into museum-style attire, distracting a guard with a false exhibition issue and exiting through an emergency door.
• Greenpeace France director Jean-François Julliard denounced Macron’s “double game” of supporting Ukraine while French firms maintain contracts in Russian gas, fertilisers and nuclear fuel.
• Late on June 3, the statue was delivered to EDF’s Paris headquarters after activists alerted the musée and law enforcement, complete with a “Poutine-Macron Alliés radioactifs” banner.
• The action spotlights demands for France to cut or penalise energy partnerships with Russia, echoing EU moves on fertiliser tariffs and concerns over uranium and gas imports.