Two Greenpeace activists who removed French President Emmanuel Macron's waxwork from a Paris museum to stage anti-Russia protests were on Thursday charged with aggravated theft, their lawyer said.

The statue, estimated to be worth 40,000 euros ($45,500), was returned to police on Tuesday night but two activists, a man and a woman, were detained on Monday, their lawyer Marie Dose said.

According to local media reports, a wax statue of Emmanuel Macron who is current President of France, has been stolen from the Grevin Museum (Musée Grévin), ...

Macron wax statue stolen from museum then used at protest outside Russian Embassy Greenpeace said it “borrowed” the statue for its demonstration. ... The Paris prosecutor’s office told POLITICO that ...

Two Greenpeace activists who removed French President Emmanuel Macron's waxwork from a Paris museum to stage anti-Russia protests were on Thursday charged with aggravated theft, their lawyer said.

They stood the statue on its feet and put next to it a sign reading “Putin-Macron radioactive allies”. The waxwork, estimated to be worth 40,000 euros ($45,500), was handed over to police on ...

Two Greenpeace activists who removed French President Emmanuel Macron's waxwork from a Paris museum to stage anti-Russia protests were on Thursday charged with aggravated theft, their lawyer said.