Russia tells Macron: Don't forget Napoleon when you talk of regime change

FILE PHOTO: French President Emmanuel Macron reacts as he delivers a speech during a plenary meeting of the Forum for the Islam of France (FORIF) at the Elysee Presidential Palace, in Paris, February 16, 2023. Ludovic Marin/Pool via REUTERS

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia on Sunday scolded Emmanuel Macron over remarks about wanting to see Russia defeated, saying Moscow still remembered the fate of Napoleon Bonaparte and accusing the French president of duplicitous diplomacy with the Kremlin.

Macron told paper Le Journal du Dimanche France wanted Russia to be defeated in Ukraine but had never wanted to "crush" it.