Shortly after New Year, Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko tweeted a photo of a cover of The Economist magazine featuring his face among many other international leaders. The magazine cover turned out to be fake and resulted in a perfect storm of parodies and memes on the Russian-speaking Internet.
On January 3, Poroshenko posted a photo of the magazine to Twitter (cached archival copy) and added a cryptic caption:
Screencap of the viral Poroshenko tweet, now deleted.
Some gifts I take not as a compliment, but as a personal responsibility. Adding this to my agenda for the holidays.
Eagle-eyed social media users quickly noticed that …read more
Source: Global Voices
