Muscovites awoke to a surprise –- and highly unauthorized — paint job on the crown of the 32-floor Kotelnicheskaya Embankment Building Wednesday morning. Someone or some group climbed to very top of the building’s spire, painted the hammer-and-sickle emblem blue and yellow, then planted a Ukrainian flag squarely atop the 577-foot-tall skyscraper. The stunt appears to be an act of solidarity with neighboring Ukraine, which is deeply embroiled in a bloody battle with pro-Russian separatists the West says Russia actively supports. …read more
Source: International Business Times
