Following the tragic death of Samuel Paty, a French teacher who showed a Muslim caricature in classroom, Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov openly denounced Emmanuel Macron's support of using caricature that discredits Muslims.
Germany, Britain, France, Estonia and Belgium, European members of the UN Security Council, all signed a letter demanding that Russia be transparent about the circumstances and details behind the attack on Navalny. They make this demand on the basis of Germany's discovery that Russia seemed to poison Navalny with a chemical nerve agent, and according to a council declaration in 2019, "any use of chemical weapons anywhere, at any time, by anyone, under any circumstance is unacceptable and a threat to international peace and security." On the other hand, Russia suggested that the signatory countries "cooperate with the Russian Authorities" as a response to the letter.
French newspaper "Le Monde" leaks phone conversation between Putin and French President Emmanuel Macron regarding the poisoning of Alexey Navalny. Putin supposedly claimed that Navalny may have poisoned himself with the nerve agent, as opposed to common belief that the Kremlin was behind his poisoning. The Kremlin is furious about the leak, but hasn't entirely refuted the version of the presidents' conversation provided by "Le Monde."
