Putin’s Statue Removed; May Replace With Ukraine President’s

In the latest and surprising update, a Paris museum has dismantled its wax figure of Russian leader Vladimir Putin. The photos on the same showed the staff at Paris’ Grevin Museum taking off the wax statue in pieces. “Today it is no longer possible to present a character like him. For the first time in the museum’s history, we are withdrawing a statue because of historical events currently underway,” museum director Yves Delhommeau said during a radio interview with French channel France Bleu radio.

The museum director further added that the statue had suffered damage over the weekend from visitors. “Given what has happened, we and our staff do not want to have to fix his hair and appearance every day”.

There is now an empty spot between US President Joe Biden and Chinese President Xi Jinping, which the Putin waxwork previously occupied and it is expected to get filled by a wax statue of Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky.

Delhommeau said that President Zelensky has become a hero for having resisted and for not fleeing his country. “He could perfectly well take his place among the great men of history and today,” he added. Back in 2014, the same wax figurine of Putin at the Grevin Museum was vandalised and the photos from the time showed the Putin statue had a wooden stake driven through its abdomen.