Madrid restaurant abused, priest defaces Dublin embassy and orchestra cancels Tchaikovsky
A day or so after Vladimir Putin launched his invasion of Ukraine, Sergiy Skorokhvatov decided it might not be a bad idea to go online and clarify what kind of food was on the menu at his Russian and Ukrainian restaurant in central Madrid.
His instincts proved correct. Despite the fact that Skorokhvatov is Ukrainian, and despite the fact that the family’s restaurant serves both Ukrainian and Russian food, its name – Rasputin – swiftly incurred the wrath of some keyboard warriors.
