Flashbacks to The Spear. Another political figure has been painted in an unflattering light. This time it’s Russian President Vladimir Putin. The painting depicts him wearing a tight-fitting slip and brushing the hair of Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev, who is also wearing ladies underwear – check it out below.

Police have seized the painting from a gallery in St Petersburg, ‘The Museum of Power’, saying the satirical display had broken a Russian law against insulting authorities, which carries a maximum one-year prison sentence. They have also taken paintings of the head of the Russian Orthodox Church covered in tattoos, and two others poking fun at lawmakers who have backed the law banning so-called gay propaganda.

St Petersburg’s deputy, Vitaly Mironov, whose face was combined with the gay rights movement’s rainbow flag in one of the paintings, told Reuters the images were inappropriate and “of a distinctly pornographic character”. Sound familiar?

[Source : The Telegraph]