After the sentencing of Marine Le Pen, the leader of the right-wing National Unification party faction in the French parliament, Dmitry Medvedev, Deputy Chairman of the Russian Security Council, suggested that the French think about establishing a "Sixth Republic" or recall the time when tsarist Russia "brought democracy to France on bayonets."

Commenting on Le Pen's verdict, the deputy head of the Russian Security Council noted on his page on the VKontakte social network that "by adopting the path of simple, odious politicking, the Fifth French Republic has completely discredited itself."

"The people of this country, apparently, should think about establishing a Sixth Republic," Medvedev wrote, ironically noting that he was "not hinting at anything