The official embassy of Russia in the UK, tweeted a controversial cartoon showing Europeans as pigs waving a rainbow flag. The Eurozone, which is being represented by pigs behind a barracks (the pig is representative of PIIGS, an economics term for Portugal, Ireland, Italy, Greece, and Spain who were at the head of the banking crisis).

The pigs are waving a rainbow flag, linking the economic crisis to the LGBT community. The tweet has not been taken down despite widespread criticism.

If Russia is in decline, why worry? Maybe, real worry is West’s decline and that we manage things better? pic.twitter.com/WqG4uT5Pqt — Russian Embassy, UK (@RussianEmbassy) October 22, 2016