‘Smoking kills more people than Obama’: Bizarre Moscow campaign trolls US President (PHOTOS)
A Russian poster campaign depicting US President Barack Obama dragging on a cigarette is striking the balance of simultaneously trolling the US president and trying to slash the number of people smoking.
Pasted on the side of a Moscow bus station, the image of Obama is accompanied with the words: “Smoking kills more people than Obama, although he kills lots and lots of people.”
It adds: “Don’t smoke, don’t be like Obama.”
Smoking kills more ppl than Obama. Dont smoke, dont be like Obama - an add in Moscow pic.twitter.com/sQfxz35xUx
— Xain Gardezi (@XainGardezi) February 18, 2016
The poster was brought to international attention by Russian politician Dmitry Gudkov, who shared a photo of it on his official Facebook page, calling the image “disgusting” and “embarrassing”.
Анекдоты с бородой — в жизнь. «У нас в СССР — свобода слова! Я тоже могу выйти на Красную площадь и сколько угодно ругат...
Posted by Dmitry Gudkov on Tuesday, February 16, 2016
US backed sanctions against Russia means Obama is often the subject of ridicule in Russia, where he is labeled a “shmuck”.
A mocked up satellite image of a Russian airfield in Syria emblazoned with the message: “Obama shmuck” typifies the negative attitude towards the outgoing US President.
#ОбамаЧмоpic.twitter.com/APKVij3YS4
— ИмперецЪ (@yltrofimov) September 23, 2015
Боги маркетинга #ОБАМАЧМО#Курск#рекламаpic.twitter.com/55gsaWVftw
— Сarл Gиngeр (@PororoTWERK) February 2, 2015
#ОбамаЧмоpic.twitter.com/fPVvTQ2NH1
— Zvyozdo4ka (@Zvyozdo4ka) August 20, 2015
A "blame Obama" culture has also seen people in Russia hold the US president responsible for potholes and annoying disruptions like roadworks.
Делай #ретвит , если надоело, что #Обама портит дороги в твоём городе pic.twitter.com/luBn9mprB2
— Иван Дацковский (@kingv180) February 12, 2016
A doctored US presidential campaign photo from eight years ago replacing the word "Hope" with "Killer" was also hung from a building close to the US embassy in Moscow.
Banner calling Obama "killer" hung opposite US embassy in Moscow https://t.co/gKtZHoOEBhpic.twitter.com/DbyZECcSXq
— Ruptly (@Ruptly) January 27, 2016
One Russian store proclaimed these cheap serviettes were the ‘answer to sanctions’: