Chocolate sculptures of Russian President Vladimir Putin and his dog, Connie, are due to be shown at the Festival of Chocolate in St. Petersburg Dec. 5. Channel 3 News/YouTube video screenshot
ST. PETERSBURG, Russia, Dec. 3 (UPI) — Organizers of Russia’s Festival of Chocolate said this year’s event will feature life-sized chocolate sculptures of Vladimir Putin and his dog..The festival, scheduled to begin Dec. 5 in St. Petersburg, will feature a 170-pound sculpture of the Russian president as well as a chocolate sculpture of his dog, Connie..Organizers said the sculpture is not meant to make any political statements and was inspired by a life-sized sculpture of Pope Francis created from chocolate last year..The sculptors said they plan to submit the Putin sculpture to Guinness World Records as the largest chocolate sculpture of a secular leader.
