Behind Russia’s Protests: Artistic Ferment

A taxidermist must have helped Yuri Shabelnikov create Russia's doubled headed eagle out of a real bird, or two, in 2005. The cutaway symbols of czarism leave their marks. (VOA Photo/James Brooke)

9 A taxidermist must have helped Yuri Shabelnikov create Russia's doubled headed eagle out of a real bird, or two, in 2005. The cutaway symbols of czarism leave their marks. (VOA Photo/James Brooke)

10 Marat Guelman shows James Brooke a catalog for Rodina - Motherland shows at the Museum of Contemporary Art in Perm, Russia. (VOA Photo/Yuli Weeks)

Then-President Vladimir Putin presides over the "Formal Session of the State Council" painted in 2004 by Sergey Kalinin and Farid Bogdalov. Depicting contemporary Russian political figures, such as the head of the Communist Party, the Patriarch and the Ec

11 Then-President Vladimir Putin presides over the "Formal Session of the State Council" painted in 2004 by Sergey Kalinin and Farid Bogdalov. Depicting contemporary Russian political figures, such as the head of the Communist Party, the Patriarch and the Ec

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Behind Russia’s Protests: Artistic Ferment