Russian Embassy just responded to U.S. sanctions with a meme. Really.

After President Barack Obama announced sanctions against Russia Thursday in retaliation for tampering with the U.S. presidential election, the Russian Embassy in London shot back.

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In a tweet Thursday afternoon, the embassy's UK Twitter account (which is verified as the official account) posted a photo of a duckling with the word "Lame" over it, in a blatant reference to Obama as he nears the end of his "lame duck" period in office after almost eight years as president.

President Obama expels 35 🇷🇺 diplomats in Cold War deja vu. As everybody, incl 🇺🇸 people, will be glad to see the last of this hapless Admhttp://pic.twitter.com/mleqA16H8D

— Russian Embassy, UK (@RussianEmbassy) December 29, 2016 Read more...

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