Putin's photo removed from Poroshenko's billboards in Ukraine
Billboards with pictures of the presidents of Russia and Ukraine, Vladimir Putin and Petro Poroshenko, are being put up in Ukraine. Photos posted on Facebook by former Ukrainian Justice Minister Elena Lukash show that the image of the Russian leader has been removed.
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Many social media users also posted similar photos. Specifically, Sergei Grishin, Deputy Editor-in-Chief of RBC-Ukraine, published photos showing Putin's photo on the billboard covered with the words "April 21 - Decisive Choice".
“Yesterday alone I read five posts about how it was right and important to remove the image from the board. And now they’re reposting it. Something is wrong here,” one journalist wrote on Facebook.
Previously, billboards with pictures of the two presidents of Russia and Ukraine appeared in Ukraine, on which Mr. Poroshenko compared himself with Mr. Putin in the second round of elections. Mr. Poroshenko's campaign tents also distributed newspapers with similar pictures, a total of 4 million such prints were circulated.
The former Ukrainian Justice Minister then asked whether Mr. Poroshenko had asked Mr. Putin for permission to use the Russian leader’s photo. The Ukrainian presidential election headquarters said no. Mr. Poroshenko’s advertisement caused outrage online.
