Vladimir Putin’s favorite biker gang is the butt of a new joke

On April 27, Polish border guards refused to allow a group of Russian bikers into the country. The group, the Night Wolves, is closely associated with Vladimir Putin, who’s participated in several of its events.

Last weekend, the Night Wolves launched their latest public stunt, sending ten men on motorcycles from Moscow to Berlin in honor of the 70th anniversary of the USSR’s victory in World War II. They’re calling it Roads to Glory, and it was supposed to take a column of tattooed, leather-clad bikers through Belarus, Poland, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, and Austria—all the way to Germany.

After being turned away at the Polish border, Andrei Bobrovsky, the leader of the Roads to Glory convoy, complained to reporters that the Polish officials held the bikers for nearly three hours, saying the police were “rude” and “searched everything from our socks to our cosmetics bags.”

It turns out that “cosmetics bag” is slang for the bags bikers attach to their motorcycles. The odd term has presented an opportunity for the Night Wolves’ many foes to crack jokes about manly bikers and a secret obsession with makeup.