Friday, August 29, 2014

Canada screws up Russian geography while mocking Russians about geography

Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper looks over a map with the Chief of Defence Staff General Thomas Lawson before announcing Canada will send six CF-18 fighter jets to the eastern Europe as part of a NATO mission during a press conference in Ottawa on Thursday, April 17, 2014.
Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper looks over a map with the Chief of Defence Staff General Thomas Lawson before announcing Canada will send six CF-18 fighter jets to the eastern Europe as part of a NATO mission during a press conference in Ottawa on Thursday, April 17, 2014. Photo: THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld
 
A sarcastic tweet from Canada’s delegation to NATO instructing Russians to be mindful of their national borders was apparently itself wrong about the geography of Eastern Europe.

Following the claim by Russian President Vladimir Putin this week that 10 Russian soldiers captured in Ukraine accidentally wandered into the neighbouring country, the Canada at NATO account tweeted out a cartoonish map labelling the two countries “Russia” and “Not Russia.”

“Geography can be tough,” read the tweet. “Here’s a guide for Russian soldiers who keep getting lost & ‘accidentally’ entering #Ukraine.”


 

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