LEWES, United Kingdom – Russian President Vladimir Putin in nothing but green underwear and European leader Jose Manuel Barroso are among those being paraded and burned during traditional British bonfire celebrations this week.Effigies of the two leaders were unveiled as part of Guy Fawkes Night, a nationwide celebration on Nov 5 featuring bonfires and fireworks that marks a failed plot to blow up the Houses of Parliament in 1605.The Putin effigy — which had him sitting on a tank in a nod to Moscow’s intervention in Ukraine — was paraded through Lewes in southeast England on Wednesday, home of one …read more
Source: AsiaOne
