Russians

In Europe and America, there's a growing feeling of hysteria...

Warned Sting in 1985 when at the height of the Cold War, the evil Soviet Union stood against the freedom loving West (at least that's what Mr Reagan told us).  Like two angry peacocks strutting and preening, making snide childish comments and excusing the inexcusable, the superpowers posed.
Thank goodness the cold war ended (It must have, because George Bush Senior said so, and we all trust that family).

Yet thirty years on, and Russia has started to behave like a childish peacock again. Except this peacock has a violent and unpredictable nature. Little Baby Putin gets angrier and more upset as he throws his Russian dolls out of his frilly pram. Whilst in the rest of Europe and America, there's a growing feeling of hysteria.....Oh dear, we've been here before.

Almost. This time however, instead of mutually assured destruction by nuclear tipped warheads, the West is ready to respond with slightly inconvenient travel sanctions that will hinder the Deputy Catering Supervisor at the Russian embassy in Mombasa....

All this fuss over a free chicken Kiev.

In my world, Ukraine has an important place, as it pioneered the first human kidney transplant experiments in 1936. The operations, conducted by Ukrainian surgeon Yuri Voronev,although ultimately unsuccessful, shone new light on what was to become a major advance in transplantation and healthcare. Without the Ukrainian advances we might never be where we are today, with over 70,000 kidney transplants performed last year. Of those approximately 46% are from live donors.

So whilst the petulant Putin gobbles up more Ukrainian territory, it was rewarding to witness Russia being booed in the normally friendly arena of the Eurovision Song Contest. Yes, that's right, as sanctions fail then bring out the annual pageant of Eurovision campness to help annoy the oh so butch Russian president.

Childish?  Yes, Satisfying? Even more so.

Boooooo!

The glamourous face of Vlad Putin in drag to win next year's Eurovision, with Conchita Wurs's beard.