Toilet brushes became a symbol of pro-Navalny protests in February after the opposition leader published a video in which he and his allies alleged that an opulent palace belonged to the Russian leader.

Mock golden toilet brushes were also found hanging next to the entrance sign of the Russian embassy. Inscribed on the stand the words 'naked killer'. The protesters added a mock golden toilet brush to the effigy's hand and a roll of toilet paper in the other. The demonstrators, from protest group Kaputin, were demanding the release from prison of Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny and denounced the build-up of Russian troops near Ukraine's eastern border.