Online footage of the incident involving news anchor Tatyana Limanova went viral in both Russia and the West causing REN TV, her employer, huge embarrassment.

俄罗斯REN TV电视台最近遭遇了巨大的难堪：新闻女主播马诺娃的直播事件录像，在俄罗斯和西方国家的网络上像病毒一样迅速疯传开来。

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He would sing songs he had heard on TV, "said his mother, Ren Jing."

“那时候，他就能模仿电视里的歌曲，”子墨的妈妈任静说。

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However, Agence France Presse quoted a Severstal spokeswoman as saying that the talks had focused on the sale of a stake in Ren TV.

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Russian broadcast news reporter Tatiana Limanova of REN TV was fired on Thursday for allegedly flipping off President Barack Obama during a live newscast on Nov. 14.

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Limanova said she did not know she was on camera when she made the gesture, an explanation that failed to impress the REN TV bosses considering the cameras were lit and she was not doing a practice run of the script.

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