"Those who want to cause disorder in city centers next Saturday will be prevented from doing so," Emmanuel Macron told reporters.

"I put it on a brick, took a knife," Vlasenko said. "Tears were flowing, I had to cut it off. I cut it off."

Trump said he personally requested the 74-year-old prisoner's release during a phone call with Russian President Vladimir Putin last week.

The federal government paid out $1.052 trillion in net interest on its outstanding debt in the last year.