Do you think This Bird is lost in translation?

Russian newscaster gives President Obama the finger, or that’s what it looks like. Maybe if I spoke Russian, or even Italian, it would look different.

Can’t think. Distracted by the shiny.
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ahem

Her former employer (yes, she was fired after this) claimed the gesture was intended for her [prankster] colleagues in the studio rather than for President Obama.

So she didn’t know she was on the air??

Shades of Reagan bombing Moscow.