Comedy is now diplomacy by other means. A mighty nation has taken to conducting a grave international dispute by means of humour, expecting a similarly comic response in kind. How else are we to view the interview granted with RT, the state propaganda outfit formerly known as Russia Today, by the Morecambe and Wise of the east, the two men who identified themselves as Ruslan Boshirov and Alexander Petrov?
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Alexander Petrov and Ruslan Boshirov were interviewed by state channel Russia Today on Sept. 13 about their alleged role in the poisoning of Sergei Skripal and his daughter Yulia.
