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| Artist flees Russia after painting Putin and Medvedev in pants | Artist flees Russia after painting Putin and Medvedev in pants |
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| A museum director says an artist whose paintings depicted the Russian president, Vladimir Putin, and the prime minister, Dmitry Medvedev, in women's undergarments has fled the country. | A museum director says an artist whose paintings depicted the Russian president, Vladimir Putin, and the prime minister, Dmitry Medvedev, in women's undergarments has fled the country. |
| Konstantin Altunin had left for France and was planning to request asylum there, said the director of St Petersburg's Museum of Power, Tatiana Titova. | Konstantin Altunin had left for France and was planning to request asylum there, said the director of St Petersburg's Museum of Power, Tatiana Titova. |
| The authorities removed four of Altunin's satirical depictions of Russian politicians on Monday and shut down the exhibition. | The authorities removed four of Altunin's satirical depictions of Russian politicians on Monday and shut down the exhibition. |
| Police did not specify which laws may have been violated by the provocative works. One Russian law bans insulting state authorities; another prohibits "homosexual propaganda" aimed at minors. | Police did not specify which laws may have been violated by the provocative works. One Russian law bans insulting state authorities; another prohibits "homosexual propaganda" aimed at minors. |
| Last year, an exhibit that depicted members of the punk band Pussy Riot as holy icons drew the anger of religious and pro-government activists, who protested against the exhibition's opening. | Last year, an exhibit that depicted members of the punk band Pussy Riot as holy icons drew the anger of religious and pro-government activists, who protested against the exhibition's opening. |
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