Russian TV shows animated Hillary Clinton

US President Barack Obama sings a rap song and dances round the White House, shouting out "Respect, girl" to Secretary of State Hillary Clinton in a scene from a new animated show on Russia's state-run television, which parodies foreign politicians but steers clear of Russia's leaders.

Undated television screen shot released by Russian Channel One television in Moscow  on November 17, 2009 shows an animated character of US Secretary of State Hillary  Clinton from the show "Cartoon Personalities". AFP PHOTO

The show "Cartoon Personalities", which premiered Sunday on , marks a timid return to political satire on prime-time television seven years after the controversial closure of "Puppets," a show that poked fun at then-president Vladimir Putin.

The only Russian political figure who appeared on "Cartoon Personalities" on Sunday was Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, who was gently mocked in a sketch that showed him fending off a flirtatious Clinton.