Snake Island Russian Warship Stamps Sell Out In Ukraine

After the story of the Ukrainian soldiers held up on Snake Island went viral after they told the Russian Moskva warship to go f*** itself, the Ukrainian postal service capitalizes on the opportunity and minted a stamp with the phrase and a painting of the altercation voted on by social media users. Now, the stamps are fetching over $30 per stamp and over $400 per 16-piece set. Cenk Uygur, Jayar Jackson, and Bridget Todd discuss on The Young Turks. Watch LIVE weekdays 6-8 pm ET. http://youtube.com/theyoungturks/live

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"When the Russian warship Moskva told the Ukrainian border guards on Snake Island to surrender, the soldiers told the ship to go f*** itself. Two months later, the border guards are still alive, the Moskva is at the bottom of the Black Sea, and the moment of resistance has been turned into a painting that has become a popular meme. It’s even become a stamp that’s selling for outrageous prices on secondary markets like eBay.

“Russian warship, go fuck yourself,” turned into a popular phrase moments after the Ukrainian Roman Hrybov transmitted it to the Moskva. On March 1, the Ukrainian postal service announced a competition to design a stamp based on the phrase. Boris Groh’s painting of a Ukrainian soldier flipping the bird to a distant Moskva won after being put to a vote on Instagram and Facebook.

The Ukrainian post office turned the painting into a stamp and issued the first run of them on April 13. The next day, the Moskva sank after being struck by a Neptune anti-ship missile fired by Ukraine."

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