A thousand words

Assuming these photos are not the result of creative Photoshopping (and I have no reason to think they are), each provides a bit of wonderful, if somewhat dated, political commentary.

They are both by iruha, a photoblogger who lives in Elista, which by all accounts I've seen (particularly this one) is at least an interesting place to visit.

I found these masterpieces entered in an online photo contest sponsored by Samsung:

Author's caption: "This is our motherland"
This is a suitable epitaph for the erstwhile political party Rodina (Motherland),
which often seemed more concerned with stirring up ethnic tension than with
helping out Russians like the elderly woman foraging for food in this photo.

Author's caption: "Election campaign" ("предвыборная гонка")
The sign on the truck reads, "[2nd] of December - Everyone to the polls!"