Two women and a man entered the Grevin Museum in Paris posing as tourists on Monday morning and changed their clothes to pass for workers.
The Greenpeace activists slipped out through an emergency exit with the 40,000-euro-statue, which they had covered with a blanket.
They placed the figure in front of the Russian embassy in a stunt meant to urge France to stop gas and fertiliser imports from Russia.
"For us, France is playing a double game," said Jean-Francois Julliard, head of Greenpeace France.
"Emmanuel Macron embodies this double discourse: he supports Ukraine but encourages French companies to continue trading with Russia."
Julliard said Greenpeace targeted Macron because he had a particular responsibility, adding that the French president "should be the first" among European leaders to end trade contracts with Russia.
Main Image: Courteys Greenpeace France, Facebook