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25th November 2011, 12:11 AM
Russian TV presenter who gave Obama the finger live on air is FIRED.
By Daily Mail Reporter
Last updated at 6:38 PM on 24th November 2011
The Russian newscaster who gave President Barack Obama the finger live on air has been sacked.
Tatyana Limanova had been reading a segment about the Asia Pacific Economic Co-operation conference when she made the offensive symbol - just as she said the U.S. president's name.
She was looking down as she spoke about how Russian president Dmitry Medvedev would be assuming the head of the conference as part of the rotating chairmanship.
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Flipping the bird: Tatiana Limanova looked down and purposefully raised her arm- and middle finger- when she said President Obama's name
But as she read that the post was previously held by Mr Obama, she distinctly raised her arm - and then her middle finger.
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Today, REN TV, which is controlled by close associates of Prime Minister Vladimir Putin and is transmitted to roughly 120 million people in Russia, described her behaviour as 'unprofessional' and 'unacceptable'.
'On 14 November during the News 24 programme the presenter Limanova made an unacceptable gesture that was a synonym for an offensive expression, 'it said in a statement.
Quite harsh: Ms Limanova was not particularly warm during the rest of the segment
'It had no subtext and was not linked with the news that Limanova was reading at that moment,' it added.
'A decision has been taken that T Limanova cannot and will not continue to work on the REN TV channel as a presenter.'
Sources say Limanova, a mother of one married to a cameraman, protested her innocence, saying she thought she was off-camera at the time.
But that appears not to have saved the award-winning journalist from a sting in the salt mines.
Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2065820/Bad-news-Russian-TV-presenter-gave-Obama-finger-live-air-fired.html#ixzz1egeSGUge
By Daily Mail Reporter
Last updated at 6:38 PM on 24th November 2011
The Russian newscaster who gave President Barack Obama the finger live on air has been sacked.
Tatyana Limanova had been reading a segment about the Asia Pacific Economic Co-operation conference when she made the offensive symbol - just as she said the U.S. president's name.
She was looking down as she spoke about how Russian president Dmitry Medvedev would be assuming the head of the conference as part of the rotating chairmanship.
SCROLL DOWN FOR VIDEO
Flipping the bird: Tatiana Limanova looked down and purposefully raised her arm- and middle finger- when she said President Obama's name
But as she read that the post was previously held by Mr Obama, she distinctly raised her arm - and then her middle finger.
More...What a turkey! Outrage as Obama leaves God out of Thanksgiving address
Today, REN TV, which is controlled by close associates of Prime Minister Vladimir Putin and is transmitted to roughly 120 million people in Russia, described her behaviour as 'unprofessional' and 'unacceptable'.
'On 14 November during the News 24 programme the presenter Limanova made an unacceptable gesture that was a synonym for an offensive expression, 'it said in a statement.
Quite harsh: Ms Limanova was not particularly warm during the rest of the segment
'It had no subtext and was not linked with the news that Limanova was reading at that moment,' it added.
'A decision has been taken that T Limanova cannot and will not continue to work on the REN TV channel as a presenter.'
Sources say Limanova, a mother of one married to a cameraman, protested her innocence, saying she thought she was off-camera at the time.
But that appears not to have saved the award-winning journalist from a sting in the salt mines.
Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2065820/Bad-news-Russian-TV-presenter-gave-Obama-finger-live-air-fired.html#ixzz1egeSGUge