Celebrating Red Army holiday, Communists aim fake missile at Obama
More than 2,000 people attended a rally in Moscow commemorating the 97th anniversary of the Soviet Army. The rally, organized by the Communist Party (KPRF), also boasted several colorful installations, including a mock ballistic missile.
The missile, measuring almost 5 meters long (about 15 feet), bore the inscription: “To be delivered to Obama, signed: Rashkin.”
Valery Rashkin, the deputy head of KPRF, told TV Rain he designed the missile as a warning against anyone who might try attacking Russia: “We are a great power, and we’ve proved it time and again. Whoever comes to us with a sword, will perish on the sword.”
“During the War, my father marched as far as Berlin, and he didn’t need any sanctions, to do it. Today, we have sanctions. Today, someone’s out there making mischief against my Motherland. I am my father’s son; I was in the army, and this present for Obama was my idea. These things don't need sanctions. They go wherever the Motherland sends them.”