The Russian Foreign Ministry on Wednesday sent out a message from its official Twitter account with a video of a festival in protest of new U.S. sanctions levied against Russia.
The video played a rock song in Russian while showing scenes from what appeared to be a Renaissance festival. The text accompanying the video in the tweet read, "Whoever comes to us with #sanctions, from sanctions will perish. We dedicate this video to those who try to hurt us with new sanctions!"
Whoever comes to us with #sanctions, from sanctions will perish. We dedicate this video to those who try to hurt us with new sanctions! pic.twitter.com/VdoYI3mK2u
— РоссиЯ (@Russia) August 2, 2017
The video was posted to the account @Russia, which is managed by the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and was published after President Donald Trump on Wednesday signed into law a sanctions bill that targets Russia, Iran, and North Korea.
The tweet and video became the subject of mockery on Twitter.
First it's cyberattacks.
Now it's dork attacks. https://t.co/5huyUfyYAn
— Ben Kesling (@bkesling) August 2, 2017
— Noor Nahas (@NoorNahas1) August 2, 2017
Hey y'all should check out Game of Thrones. I think you'd really like it.
— Calamity Jane (@LilCalamityJane) August 2, 2017
Some straight "Game of Thrones" style footage in this video from the official twitter account of the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs. pic.twitter.com/6SO2C0WroJ
— Christina Wilkie (@christinawilkie) August 2, 2017