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Russian police confiscate paintings, shut down museums

2013-09-04 69 Dailymotion

TV AND WEB RESTRICTIONS~** NONE **~<br/> <br />UPSOT POLICE LEAVING MUSEUM<br/> <br />Russian police confiscate paintings from the museums of Erotica and Power in St. Petersburg. The two museums were later shut down.<br/> <br />Sparking the controversy - some unusual portraits of Russian leaders, including a lingerie-clad President Vladmir Putin and Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev.<br/> <br />Police also removed other depiction of church and political leaders.<br/> <br />Russia has a law against insulting authorities punishable by up to one year in prison.<br/> <br />Museum director Tatiana Titova said the exhibit was meant to tackle the subject of power - good and bad.<br/> <br />"They sealed the museum without showing any documents which would allow them to do so," she says, "and they took me to the police station at night."<br/> <br />The move comes as world leaders convene in the city for the G20 summit which begins Thursday.<br/> <br />Human rights activists have called on leaders to use the platform to press Putin on his cra

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