El monumento retrata al mandatario ruso como un emperador romano, vestido con una toga, una medalla con el escudo de Rusia y una corona de laurel separable, que los cosacos finalmente decidieron quitar.
Cossacks install bronze 'Emperor Putin' monument outside St. Petersburg http://t.co/Kl0MANVf4H #Russia pic.twitter.com/y8K9Qix9ai
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"Así (sin la corona de laurel) es nuestro, ruso; vestido con la corona, sería totalmente como un romano", dijo a Nevskie Nóvosti el atamán (jefe cosaco) Andréi Poliakov.
© REUTERS / Maxim ZmeyevCossacks salute during an unveiling ceremony for a bust of Russian President Vladimir Putin which depicts him as a Roman emperor, in Leningrad region, Russia, May 16, 2015. REUTERS/Maxim Zmeyev TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY
Cossacks salute during an unveiling ceremony for a bust of Russian President Vladimir Putin which depicts him as a Roman emperor, in Leningrad region, Russia, May 16, 2015. REUTERS/Maxim Zmeyev TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY
© REUTERS / Maxim ZmeyevCossacks stand next to a bust of Russian President Vladimir Putin which depicts him as a Roman emperor, during its unveiling ceremony in Leningrad region, Russia, May 16, 2015. REUTERS/Maxim Zmeyev
Cossacks stand next to a bust of Russian President Vladimir Putin which depicts him as a Roman emperor, during its unveiling ceremony in Leningrad region, Russia, May 16, 2015. REUTERS/Maxim Zmeyev
Cossacks salute during an unveiling ceremony for a bust of Russian President Vladimir Putin which depicts him as a Roman emperor, in Leningrad region, Russia, May 16, 2015. REUTERS/Maxim Zmeyev TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY
Cossacks stand next to a bust of Russian President Vladimir Putin which depicts him as a Roman emperor, during its unveiling ceremony in Leningrad region, Russia, May 16, 2015. REUTERS/Maxim Zmeyev
Según escribe el diario francés Le Figaro, los cosacos quisieron expresar de este modo su agradecimiento a Putin por la reunificación de Crimea con Rusia.