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A top Russian football club scrambled to tweak publicity photos after bloggers said they featured a backdrop of a steam engine used by the Nazis, it's claimed. | A top Russian football club scrambled to tweak publicity photos after bloggers said they featured a backdrop of a steam engine used by the Nazis, it's claimed. |
The images showed Lokomotiv Moscow players posing in the top-flight side's new kit. And in a nod to the club's rich heritage - it was set up by railwaymen in 1922 and is sponsored by Russian Railways - the background featured an imposing ash-black locomotive. But one blogger identified the engine in the pictures as a German "DR-Baureihe 03", said to have been manufactured in 1937 and used as a "Nazi workhorse". | The images showed Lokomotiv Moscow players posing in the top-flight side's new kit. And in a nod to the club's rich heritage - it was set up by railwaymen in 1922 and is sponsored by Russian Railways - the background featured an imposing ash-black locomotive. But one blogger identified the engine in the pictures as a German "DR-Baureihe 03", said to have been manufactured in 1937 and used as a "Nazi workhorse". |
Hours later, the locomotive disappeared from the photos on the club's website, leaving the footballers with nothing but black emptiness behind their backs. News site Lenta, which had already grabbed a screenshot, said Lokomotiv's managers had launched a probe. | Hours later, the locomotive disappeared from the photos on the club's website, leaving the footballers with nothing but black emptiness behind their backs. News site Lenta, which had already grabbed a screenshot, said Lokomotiv's managers had launched a probe. |
The eagle-eyed blogger made a withering assessment, suggesting they buy the locomotive and launch it on Russia's railways. "After all, it would be more fun than watching the team play," he said. | The eagle-eyed blogger made a withering assessment, suggesting they buy the locomotive and launch it on Russia's railways. "After all, it would be more fun than watching the team play," he said. |
Lokomotiv weren't the only ones smoothing things over this week, pictorially-speaking, if reports in Kuwait are to be believed. Election candidates there have been hiring IT designers to "beautify their photos for ads", using Photoshop-style editing programmes, according to the government's official news agency, Kuna. | Lokomotiv weren't the only ones smoothing things over this week, pictorially-speaking, if reports in Kuwait are to be believed. Election candidates there have been hiring IT designers to "beautify their photos for ads", using Photoshop-style editing programmes, according to the government's official news agency, Kuna. |
It quoted one of the computer specialists hired for the task, Mohamed Anwar, as saying Kuwaiti society had changed, with facial appearances playing an influential role in attracting people. | It quoted one of the computer specialists hired for the task, Mohamed Anwar, as saying Kuwaiti society had changed, with facial appearances playing an influential role in attracting people. |
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