According to Google, this translation glitch was a purely technical issue.
While attempting to translate the words "Russian Federation" from Ukrainian to Russian, one Google user noticed that the phrase translated instead to "Mordor," the fictional and treacherous province in Lord of the Rings' Middle Earth.
Out of what was probably pure fear and an attempt to keep the ring, a Google spokesperson told Russian news agency RIA Novosti that this was a mistake that can be blamed on technology.
"When Google Translate generates a translation, it looks for patterns in hundreds of millions of documents to help decide which definition is most correct," he said.
While this may be true, it didn't stop Internet users from finding a few other Ukrainian-to-Russian translation glitches. The word "Russians" became "occupiers," while "Sergey Lavrov," the name of the foreign minister of Russia, translated to "sad little horse."
Is Lavrov this sad little horse that Putin plays with in a petting zoo? Quite possibly.
While the Google glitch has been fixed, the tension between the Ukraine and Russia may only be remedied by the appearance of a wizard played by Sir Ian McKellen, Britain's "precious."