Putins people love him, I'd like a memorial erected for obama, WITH HIM UNDER IT !

Cossacks Install Monument of Russian President Vladimir Putin as Roman Emperor Near St. Petersburg

MOSCOW — May 18, 2015, By PATRICK REEVELL

  Dmitry Lovetsky/AP Photo

PHOTO: Cossacks walk past a bust of Russian president Vladimir Putin in Kasimovo village, 30 km to the north of St. Petersburg, Russia, May 16, 2015.

Vladimir Putin has been described as a “czar” by fans and critics alike, but a group of Cossacks in St. Petersburg have gone a step further, erecting a statue of Putin in the form of a Roman emperor.

The 20-centimeter [7.9-inch] bust, erected by a group that supports Putin, depicts the Russian leader, head turned imperiously, wearing Roman laurels, armor and a cloak.

“In this image is the symbol of our Russian democracy,” Andrei Polyakov, who heads the Irbis Orthodox Union of Cossacks, which commissioned the statue for their new headquarters outside St. Petersburg, Putin’s hometown, told Russian media.

“Presidents come and go, but an emperor as a symbol is, I think, probably what Russia needs,” Polyakov told Reuters. READ STORY