UPDATE: 29/08/2013 - ART - CENSORSHIP - DMITRY MEDVEDEV - FRANCE - HOMOSEXUALITY - RUSSIA - VLADIMIR PUTIN
'Putin in underwear' artist flees to France
Russian artist Konstantin Altunin fled Russia Tuesday and is now seeking asylum in France after his painting of Vladimir Putin wearing women’s underwear was seized from a St Petersburg museum by police.
FRANCE 24 (text)
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http://www.france24.com/en/20130829-vladimir-putin-underwear-artist-flees-russia-france-konstantin-altunin