<p>Lusya Stein, a local election candidate in Moscow, has, in an unusual way, made the city’s controversial renovation program central to her campaign.</p><p>Plaster casts of Stein’s breasts have been appearing at buildings listed for demolition in her Basmanny district. Stein’s campaign quoted her as saying, “I want to protect my area, but I cannot attend different places at the same time, so I placed some of myself in houses that are doomed to demolition in Basmanny district, where I live and from which I’m nominated.”</p><p>The campaign said that naked women’s breasts had a long association with protest, citing Delacroix’s painting Liberty Leading the People as an example.</p><p>The renovation plan, which involves the demolition of thousands of Soviet-era apartments, has sparked large protests in Moscow. Credit: YouTube/Lusia Stein via Storyful</p><br />
