In this photo taken on Thursday, Aug. 15, 2013, a visitor photographs the artwork entitled "Travesty" by Konstantin Altunin at an exhibition at the Muzei Vlasti in St. Petersburg, Russia. Russian ...

MOSCOW -- A Russian artist who painted President Vladimir Putin in lingerie stroking the hair of Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev said threatening phone calls and the fear of arrest compelled him to ...

Russian artist Konstantin Altunin, who made international headlines this week after police seized his painting of Russian President Vladimir Putin and Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev in women’s ...

París, 6 sep (EFE).París, 6 sep (EFE). — El ruso Konstantín Altunin, exiliado en Francia tras la controversia levantada por pintar al presidente Vladímir Putin en ropa interior femenina, cree que la ...

The artist who fled Russia after authorities seized his paintings depicting President Vladimir Putin and Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev in women's underwear has begun to take steps to claim permanent ...

MOSCOW — A museum director says an artist whose paintings depicted Russian President Vladimir Putin and Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev in women’s undergarments has fled the country. The director of St ...

MOSCOW - A Russian painter who depicted President Vladimir Putin and Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev as shapely and scantily clad women has fled the country and is seeking asylum in France. “I am an ...

ST. PETERSBURG, Russia, Aug. 29 (UPI) -- The Russian artist whose painting of Vladimir Putin and Dmitry Medvedev in women's underwear was seized by police, said Thursday he's seeking asylum in France.