Russia has taken the astonishing step to sanction Peppa Pig and Daddy Pig, in retaliation for British sanctions regarding the Ukrainian invasion.
The scarcely-believable move came as a court ruled that trademarks for the world-famous characters could be flouted in retaliation for British sanctions against Moscow.
The ruling came from Judge Andrei Slavinsky in a provincial arbitration court in Kirov, a city in western Russia.