‘Twittersphere’ Erupts With Putin-Obama Caricatures After Op-Ed Publication [View all]

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WASHINGTON, September 13 (by Karin Zeitvogel for RIA Novosti) – When Russian President Vladimir Putin had an op-ed published in The New York Times this week, Twitter erupted with all manner of depictions of the Russian leader, many showing him besting in one way or another his US counterpart, Barack Obama.

Here is a sampling of some of the visual imagery of Putin and Obama making the rounds on Twitter since Thursday:



Many Twitter posts make Putin look powerful and “on top of his game” – and even on top of Obama, who just hours before the opinion piece was published in the Times put US preparations for a military strike on Syria on hold to favor a diplomatic path put forward by Russia.



“Wait a minute! He’s stealing the show,” says a cartoon of a tutu-clad Obama standing off on the sidelines while Putin dances, 1980s’ movie Saturday Night Fever style, under a spotlight.



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