Emmanuel Macron refused Covid-19 test before meeting Vladimir Putin so Russia couldn’t get DNA, insiders say

French President Emmanuel Macron refused a Kremlin request that he take a Russian Covid-19 test when he arrived to see President Vladimir Putin this week, and was therefore kept at a distance from the Russian leader, according to two sources in Macron’s entourage.Observers were struck by images of Macron and Putin sitting at opposite ends of four-metre-long (13-foot) table to discuss the Ukraine crisis on Monday, with some diplomats and others suggesting Putin might be wanting to send a…

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