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Behind Russia’s Protests: Artistic Ferment
![Jars and rubber bulbs become "Blue Cities" in the hands of artist Tatiana Antoshina (2011). (VOA Photo/James Brooke)](https://gdb.voanews.com/4fd03c72-d54a-4711-ba10-fde67a1917b5_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Jars and rubber bulbs become "Blue Cities" in the hands of artist Tatiana Antoshina (2011). (VOA Photo/James Brooke)
![Vladimir Putin, the gunslinger, dominates a mural painted in 2007 by Dmitri Vrubel and Viktoria Timofeeva, showing the personalities of modern Russia. (VOA Photo/James Brooke)](https://gdb.voanews.com/8a776465-2f1f-480b-b37d-05533179d151_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Vladimir Putin, the gunslinger, dominates a mural painted in 2007 by Dmitri Vrubel and Viktoria Timofeeva, showing the personalities of modern Russia. (VOA Photo/James Brooke)
![Ceremonial Session of the State Council, painted in 1900 by Ilya Repin, hands in the Russian Museum, St. Petersburg.](https://gdb.voanews.com/effde8f0-4718-4c4d-ba86-01bd877aba95_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Ceremonial Session of the State Council, painted in 1900 by Ilya Repin, hands in the Russian Museum, St. Petersburg.
![Plastic birch trees fly in a piece called "They Are Coming Back" by Nikola Ovchinnikov. (VOA Photo/James Brooke)](https://gdb.voanews.com/887d5bbe-d237-494a-9469-4078cb00d919_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Plastic birch trees fly in a piece called "They Are Coming Back" by Nikola Ovchinnikov. (VOA Photo/James Brooke)