Polite Green Men in Crimea (IMAGE)

Uppsala University

Polite Green Men in Crimea

Caption

The image represents Russian military equipment stationed in Crimea and traditionally sporting endearing adjectives as names, such as the battleships Dobryi (Kind) and Zabotlivyi (Careful), the tank Nezhnyi (Tender), the Armored Personnel Carrier Laskovyi (Caressing), and the radar Vnimatel'nyi (Attentive). The tongue-in-cheek (stiob ) representation of the annexation of Crimea is the 'house style' of the pro-government.

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© RIA Novosti and Vitalii Podvitskii <a target="_blank" href="http://ria.ru/caricature/20140917/1024499638.html">http://ria.ru/caricature/20140917/1024499638.html</a>

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The image may only be published in connection to reports about the research by M Suslov (or after contact with artist Vitalii Podvitskii).

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