Boris Johnson wax statue from Madame Tussauds London. Archival photoMOSCOW, June 7 The Cossack community in Ukraine's Chernihiv has decided to consecrate British Prime Minister Boris Johnson as a Cossack, the city branch of the Ukrainian publication Suspilne (Public) has reported.
" ;Prime Minister of Great Britain became a Cossack Boris Chuprina The decision to consecrate Johnson to the Cossacks was approved by the Chernihiv Cossack community of the Catherine Church. A certificate certifying this will be sent to London. In memory of this event, Kyiv masters Daria Dobryakova and Yuri Kutilov painted Boris in the image of the Cossack Mamai", according to the media.
Johnson is not the first foreign Cossack, they added in Suspilny. Before that, it was the founder of the US Navy, John Paul Jones, under the name Pavel Jones, the article says.