Viral Swing: Novichokolate from Putin? Graffiti irony near Russian embassy tackles nerve attack

Friday, 16 March 2018

Novichokolate from Putin? Graffiti irony near Russian embassy tackles nerve attack

Opponents of President Vladimir Putin used graffiti on Thursday to take an ironic swipe at Russia over the nerve toxin attack on a former double agent. Britain and Russia have been trading public insults over the use of a Soviet-era nerve agent called Novichok to strike down former Russian double agent Sergei Skripal and his daughter Yulia in the English city of Salisbury. "Dine at the Russian Embassy," read the white graffiti stenciled onto the pavement near the Russian embassy in London.