UKRAINE RUSSIA-UNREST-POLITICS-CRIMEA

UKRAINE RUSSIA-UNREST-POLITICS-CRIMEA

An armed man, believed to be a Russian serviceman, stands guard outside an Ukrainian military base in Perevalnoye on March 13, 2014. “Putin = Dracula,” “Putin = Hitler,” “Putin, get out”: posters and caricatures attacking the Russian leader have multiplied over the last couple of weeks on the Maidan, Kiev’s protest tent-city. As Russian forces have taken control of Ukraine’s Crimean peninsula, protesters have revelled in making comparisons between Russian President Vladimir Putin and Adolf Hitler, combining their names in slogans that conclude that “Putler has gone mad.” AFP PHOTO/ Filippo MONTEFORTE