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Why is Russia comparing Obama to Ahmadinejad?

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January 26, 2010

The Obama administration has made a concerted effort to “reboot” American relations with Russia, yet the Russians have found increasingly creative methods of provocation aimed at Washington. Recently, Russia’s English-language state television network, Russia Today, launched a controversial campaign comparing Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad to President Barack Obama.

The ad campaign presents a picture of Obama superimposed with that of Ahmadinejad, next to the question “Who poses the greater nuclear threat?”

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