Russian Flag Flies on Cathedral in English Town Where Ex-Spy Was Poisoned (NYT)

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https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/17/world/europe/russia-flag-salisbury-cathedral-uk.html

Russian Flag Flies on Cathedral in English Town Where Ex-Spy Was Poisoned
By Ellen Barry
Feb. 17, 2019


A Russian flag hanging on scaffolding outside the cathedral in Salisbury, England, on Sunday. A former Russian spy and his daughter were poisoned in the city last year.CreditCreditSpire FM

LONDON — Two weeks before the anniversary of a nerve agent attack against a former Russian spy in Salisbury, England, someone unfurled a large Russian flag on the city’s cathedral overnight, in what residents took to be a mockery of the ordeal they suffered last year.

Images of the Russian flag, fluttering from scaffolding around the cathedral, were widely circulated on social media.

It was not clear who climbed the scaffolding surrounding the building to put up the flag, which was hastily removed Sunday morning. The authorities have not yet made any comment on the case.

The attempted assassination of Sergei V. Skripal, a former Russian spy, with a military-grade nerve agent on March 4, 2018, upended life in Salisbury for much of last year. Mr. Skripal and his daughter, Yulia Skripal, survived the attack, but the city suffered sprawling collateral damage.

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1. Weird.

Kids' prank? Pooty's gang grasping at straws/trying to claim victory?

[2naSalit]

2. Psychological strafing.