MOSCOW, 7 NOV. - The remains of General Charles Etienne Gudin, a personal friend of Napoleon, have been found and identified with the DNA test in Smolensk by a Franco-Russian team operating under the aegis of the Trianon dialogue group. (founded on the initiative of Vladimir Putin and Emmanuel Macron). Gudin was hit by a cannonball during the Battle of Valutino during the 1812 campaign and lost both legs. He was evacuated to Smolensk, where he died soon after. His tomb was considered lost. "Our archaeologists and French colleagues have done a good job," said the Kremlin spokesman, Dmitri Peskov, stressing that Putin is "aware of the discovery" and that Russia, if requested by France, is willing to provide " the necessary assistance "to repatriate the remains of the general to France.