“The hand of the Kremlin?”: Moscow mercilessly ridicules Brigitte Macrons ‘Tik’ on the plane staircase

A flying door that swings open, a sudden hand movement and a French president trying to keep his cool in Hanoi. In no time did the image go viral on social media: Has Brigitte Macron really given her husband a tick on arrival in Vietnam on Sunday evening? While the Élysée hurried to defuse the media storm, the Kremlin seized the moment for a diplomatic jousting full of sarcasm.

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