Putin is becoming a laughing stock

The Novichok story from the Moscow angle gets better and better. Even the Russian interviewer who spoke to them wasn’t convinced and anyone who doesn’t like Putin and has had the courage to speak out thinks their tourist tale of visiting Salisbury Cathedral is comical and totally unbelievable. So not all Ruskies believe their Kremlin master. There are probably millions of decent free-thinking Russians who view the Salisbury pair as a disgrace to the Motherland. This could turn out to be wonderfully embarrassing for Putin. He is fast becoming the laughing stock of the world. I bet even Kim Jong-un is laughing up his sleeve although if he is he shouldn’t let anyone see him. After all, he sent, allegedly, two female assassins to smother the face of his half-brother with a handkerchief laced with nerve agent at Kuala Lumpur airport and he died. But Putin made a huge mistake by dismissing the Novichok scandal and telling everyone the two men identified by Britain’s Scotland Yard were sweet darling little chaps. For Putin that was an error of judgment because it made him look totally stupid and an obvious liar. He will no doubt be furious at the way the whole thing has been treated and anyone n Moscow who has been quoted casting doubt on the two Russians’ explanation should check under their cars every morning.