Konstantin Viktorovich Altunin (russian: Константин Викторович Алтунин, born December 21, 1967) is a Russian painter from Arkhangelsk,

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. He left

following a controversy after a painting of

Vladimir Putin Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin; (born 7 October 1952) is a Russian politician and former intelligence officer who holds the office of president of Russia. Putin has served continuously as president or prime minister since 1999: as prime min ...

and

Dmitry Medvedev Dmitry Anatolyevich Medvedev ( rus, links=no, Дмитрий Анатольевич Медведев, p=ˈdmʲitrʲɪj ɐnɐˈtolʲjɪvʲɪtɕ mʲɪdˈvʲedʲɪf; born 14 September 1965) is a Russian politician who has been serving as the dep ...

in women's underwear had been seized by St. Petersburg authorities. He has been exhibiting paintings since 2000.

Other controversial paintings by Altunin

On another painting Altunin depicted the politician

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against a rainbow background. The rainbow is the symbol of the LGBT community. Poetin niet gediend van intieme schildering van hem en Medvedev
/ref> He also produced a painting with Putin wearing women's underwear and painted a sculpted head of

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with dripping rainbow colors.

References

External links

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