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Greenpeace activists took a statue of French President Emmanuel Macron and placed it outside the Russian embassy in Paris on Monday to protest continued business ties between the two countries, as well as Macron’s climate policies.

Activists said they “borrowed” the statue of Macron from the Grévin Museum in central Paris, which contains waxworks of more than 200 public figures, at 10.30 a.m. local time (4.30 a.m. ET) Monday, according to a statement from Greenpeace.

“He does not deserve to be exhibited in this world-renowned cultural institution until he has terminated French contracts with Russia and initiated an ambitious and sustainable ecological transition across Europe,” reads the statement.

The activists took the statue to the Russian embassy in the west of the French c

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