“President Barack Obama received birthday greetings from around the world when he turned 53 years old on Monday, but some of those wishes weren’t exactly well.

In Russia, protesters used lasers to beam a crude, racist image of Obama onto the former U.S. Embassy in Moscow, which is today the embassy’s Consular Section. The image showed the president in a birthday hat with a banana going in and out of his mouth followed by projections of the words “Obama” and “happy birthday” in English.”*

Some people in Russia decided to brilliantly satirize President Obama…and by that, we mean a there was a racist laser display likening President Obama to a monkey. The U.S. and Russia definitely have a murky and contentious relationship…but how much of it is earned and genuine? Cenk Uygur and Ana Kasparian break it down.

*Read more from Huffington Post: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/08/06/russia-racist-laser-obama_n_5656732.html

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