It's a pity that this article does't try to tell the full story about art in Vladimir Putin's Russia. Artists are increasingly facing political persecution and even criminal prosecution for expressing ideas that the Kremlin doesn't approve, just as was the case in Soviet Russia.
http://larussophobe.wordpress.com/2009/06/16/special-extra-putin-is-a-girly-man/
If these Russian women won't speak out in support of free expression, they are part of the problem rather than of the solution.
Russia on the Walls
Published Jun 20, 2009
From the magazine issue dated Jun 29, 2009
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Posted By: KimZigfeld @ 06/21/2009 6:43:33 AM
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Posted By: GiovanniGF @ 06/22/2009 4:48:11 PM
Thank you for making an important point that gets shunted aside in favor of stories about high living among the wealthy.
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