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Indi Guy

(3,992 posts)
Sat Aug 31, 2013, 02:28 PM Aug 2013

Artist Who Painted Putin in Lingerie Seeking Asylum in France

Source: Salon

[font size="5"]R[/font]ussian 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 underwear, is seeking asylum in France.

The 45-year-old fled Russia on Tuesday night after police raided an art gallery in the northwestern city of Saint Petersburg and confiscated various works, including Altunin’s painting depicting Putin in a pink nightie and Medvedev in a bra and knickers. Altunin fears he would be arrested if he returned to Russia.

“Yesterday I went to the prefecture in Paris … and made this request (for asylum). I now need to go through the procedure and bring written confirmation of where I am staying,” Altunin told the Agence France-Presse.

In a separate interview with Bloomberg, Altunin said: “I don’t want to return to Russia. I want to live and work in an atmosphere of freedom.”...

Read more: http://www.salon.com/2013/08/31/artist_who_painted_putin_in_lingerie_seeking_asylum_in_france_partner/



The painting:

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Artist Who Painted Putin in Lingerie Seeking Asylum in France (Original Post) Indi Guy Aug 2013 OP
This artist shouldn't eat sushi. iandhr Aug 2013 #1
lol Hydra Aug 2013 #2
His work will not be soon forgotten..I hope he receives the protection he seeks. n/t Jefferson23 Aug 2013 #3
Generally speaking dipsydoodle Aug 2013 #4
Well when you live in russia iamthebandfanman Aug 2013 #6
If he gets away with it France may expect a flood of asylum seekers. dipsydoodle Aug 2013 #9
On the other hand, France prides itself on its sobriquet Surya Gayatri Aug 2013 #25
I dont know why! iamthebandfanman Aug 2013 #5
Really? Can you please provide a link? Scuba Sep 2013 #53
Putin is really insecure.... Spitfire of ATJ Aug 2013 #7
how dare you! iamthebandfanman Aug 2013 #8
Odd picture, but you won't get arrested for it. Bette Noir Aug 2013 #13
Who would have a meltdown? Hydra Aug 2013 #19
Remember this? Spitfire of ATJ Aug 2013 #26
*gah!* *gets brain bleach* Hydra Aug 2013 #30
More proof that POTUS can do ANYTHING--he even makes a fine looking woman! MADem Aug 2013 #20
What's her name ? dipsydoodle Aug 2013 #21
Man, Obama makes one ugly chick. Hayabusa Aug 2013 #22
Have you SEEN the type of stuff that's published on this "FreakingNews.com" site? alp227 Aug 2013 #42
It's an equal opportunity offender.... Spitfire of ATJ Aug 2013 #46
the problem is the age, a man in his 50s and body of someone half that JI7 Sep 2013 #51
The artist exposes Putin for what he is. Octafish Aug 2013 #10
That horse looks like it has all the spirit of a sack of potatoes. Spitfire of ATJ Aug 2013 #14
Is only two feet tall. Octafish Aug 2013 #23
How can one have spirit when carrying Politicalboi Aug 2013 #28
I think they photoshopped out the carrot and stick. nt adirondacker Aug 2013 #32
Jayzus!!!! okasha Aug 2013 #34
Looks like Western style handling. Billy Love Aug 2013 #40
No way arikara Aug 2013 #48
But isn't RUSSIA a bastion of truth, justice and freedom? That's what Snowden said!!! nt MADem Aug 2013 #11
Gotta love the Pavlovian Snowden references any time someone mentions Russia. Or not. (nt) Posteritatis Aug 2013 #16
What is "Pavlovian" about a little inconvenient truth? That damn dog IS barking, and MADem Aug 2013 #17
I'll keep quoting him: 7962 Aug 2013 #35
Now he hides in a country that spies on its own people and everyone else, too! MADem Aug 2013 #37
Re: Assange; I said almost the same thing in another thread! 7962 Aug 2013 #44
Actually, that's what MADem said. Octafish Aug 2013 #24
A Russian newspaper report suggests a far greater level of collusion between Snowden, WikiLeaks, and MADem Aug 2013 #27
Keep throwing things Hydra Aug 2013 #31
I am not "throwing" a thing. MADem Aug 2013 #36
I'm just reminded of Ken Starr Hydra Aug 2013 #38
Speaking of Assange (and YOU brought HIM up, not me), his hosts have told him to please STFU. MADem Aug 2013 #39
Link please. Scuba Sep 2013 #54
When people lose their sense of humor, you've got 'em on the ropes. MADem Sep 2013 #55
Nothing in the link you provided backs your claim that Snowden said Russia is a "bastion ... Scuba Sep 2013 #59
Like I said, "When people lose their sense of humor...." nt MADem Sep 2013 #60
I'm confused. Are you just making shit up and calling it humor? Scuba Sep 2013 #61
You keep making my case! Feeling a bit defensive, sensitive, is that it? nt MADem Sep 2013 #62
Putin should be happy. Bette Noir Aug 2013 #12
I think his puppet Medvedev should be thrilled--what a figure! MADem Aug 2013 #18
Not LBN dipsydoodle Aug 2013 #15
Ah those tyrants are so thin skinned. mountain grammy Aug 2013 #29
Confusing headline... Bay Boy Aug 2013 #33
Hasn't WJC matured nicely??... Indi Guy Aug 2013 #41
Hmmmm.... Bill would actually be an attractive woman :).... nt Blasphemer Aug 2013 #45
Much prettier than Jimmy Carter -- at any age... Indi Guy Aug 2013 #49
Best looking politician, hands down, was that asshole Giuliani. MADem Sep 2013 #57
Putin is an insecure thug fujiyama Aug 2013 #43
Different countries have different notions of national security issues, it seems struggle4progress Aug 2013 #47
+1 JustAnotherGen Sep 2013 #52
David WHO? MADem Sep 2013 #58
This...... DeSwiss Aug 2013 #50
fantastic... Evasporque Sep 2013 #56
This pic is just so wrong I have to post it... Indi Guy Sep 2013 #63

Hydra

(14,459 posts)
2. lol
Sat Aug 31, 2013, 02:33 PM
Aug 2013

I love subversives. Funny how fast this pink rebellion is gathering speed. Rainbows for everyone!!

 

Surya Gayatri

(15,445 posts)
25. On the other hand, France prides itself on its sobriquet
Sat Aug 31, 2013, 03:40 PM
Aug 2013

of "pays d'asile". They've traditionally been quite welcoming towards political asylum- seekers. You know, liberté, égalité, etc.

Hydra

(14,459 posts)
19. Who would have a meltdown?
Sat Aug 31, 2013, 03:23 PM
Aug 2013

We never mock our leaders, especially those who have certain...insecurities...!

MADem

(135,425 posts)
20. More proof that POTUS can do ANYTHING--he even makes a fine looking woman!
Sat Aug 31, 2013, 03:24 PM
Aug 2013

Not everyone can pull that off!

Hayabusa

(2,135 posts)
22. Man, Obama makes one ugly chick.
Sat Aug 31, 2013, 03:32 PM
Aug 2013


In all seriousness, though, I certainly hope he is granted asylum. Who knows what Putin could do to him.

alp227

(32,470 posts)
42. Have you SEEN the type of stuff that's published on this "FreakingNews.com" site?
Sat Aug 31, 2013, 09:07 PM
Aug 2013

Just a warning for you & the DU community about posting "humor" pics found from that right wing ghetto.

JI7

(90,665 posts)
51. the problem is the age, a man in his 50s and body of someone half that
Sun Sep 1, 2013, 12:12 AM
Sep 2013

he might not look so bad if they dressed him as a woman in her 50s.

okasha

(11,573 posts)
34. Jayzus!!!!
Sat Aug 31, 2013, 04:25 PM
Aug 2013

My eyes! My eyes!

Edited to add: given that two-handed death grip on the reins, he seems to think he's driving a wagon, not riding a horse.

MADem

(135,425 posts)
17. What is "Pavlovian" about a little inconvenient truth? That damn dog IS barking, and
Sat Aug 31, 2013, 03:20 PM
Aug 2013

Russia is an intolerant, closed society that is ruled by a dictator who trades off the Presidency with a patsy to perpetuate a patina of "democracy."

Truth, justice, and the Pootie Poot way! So little tolerance! So many hate crimes!


And that's where Eddie ran....

 

7962

(11,841 posts)
35. I'll keep quoting him:
Sat Aug 31, 2013, 04:46 PM
Aug 2013

"I dont want to live in a society that spies on its own people". Ha.
Meanwhile, some of what he released reveals what type intel the SEALS were using during the Bin Laden raid. Information that should NOT have been made public. So much for him making sure he didnt release any sensitive information.

MADem

(135,425 posts)
37. Now he hides in a country that spies on its own people and everyone else, too!
Sat Aug 31, 2013, 05:12 PM
Aug 2013

He's not naive. He ended up in a totalitarian state, by transiting through another totalitarian state that has an entire People's Liberation Army Unit dedicated to doing nothing but hacking--morning, noon and night!

I wouldn't be surprised if he got one helluva payday from Pootie, though. Maybe he even sold a chunk of his goodies to the Chinese...?

He's not a choir boy, that's pretty obvious. He'd better hope he made enough by selling out his homeland to live comfortably, because who would hire him, except as a sideshow? Anyone who would screw their country like that would screw their employer; the Russians as a country may be hosed up but on a personal level they value loyalty and straight talk.

Kim Philby and others found that out, to their dismay.

On a related note, it looks like Julian "Bigmouth" Assange is wearing out his welcome in Knightsbridge--he'd better be careful, or he may wake up one morning and discover his bed is out on the sidewalk! Or maybe the Embassy will move and not tell him....!

http://www.theguardian.com/media/2013/aug/30/julian-assange-embassy



Julian Assange has been told to stop using the Ecuadorean embassy in London to poke fun at Australian politicians as part of his Senate election bid, it has been reported.

The South American nation's president, Rafael Correa, chastised Assange after a video appeared online in which the WikiLeaks founder – along with Juice Rap News – ridiculed Tony Abbott, Kevin Rudd and Julia Gillard.

"We have sent him a letter: he can campaign politically, but without making fun of Australian politicians. We are not going to allow that," said Correa, who is attending a South American summit in the Surinamese capital Paramarimbo.

Assange appeared wearing a comedy wig and bandanna emblazoned with the Australian flag in the video. He also performed a cover version of John Farnham's You're the Voice.
 

7962

(11,841 posts)
44. Re: Assange; I said almost the same thing in another thread!
Sat Aug 31, 2013, 09:16 PM
Aug 2013

And some time ago, I said lets see how Snowden is living in a year or so. I'll bet it's not on a shoestring budget.

Octafish

(55,745 posts)
24. Actually, that's what MADem said.
Sat Aug 31, 2013, 03:39 PM
Aug 2013

Snowden took refuge where it was offered. As for what Snowden exposed, that remains a major problem for democracy.



“That capability at any time could be turned around on the American people and no American would have any privacy left, such is the capability to monitor everything: telephone conversations, telegrams, it doesn’t matter. There would be no place to hide. If this government ever became a tyranny, if a dictator ever took charge in this country, the technological capacity that the intelligence community has given the government could enable it to impose total tyranny, and there would be no way to fight back, because the most careful effort to combine together in resistance to the government, no matter how privately it was done, is within the reach of the government to know. Such is the capability of this technology.

"I don’t want to see this country ever go across the bridge. I know the capability that is there to make tyranny total in America, and we must see it that this agency and all agencies that possess this technology operate within the law and under proper supervision, so that we never cross over that abyss. That is the abyss from which there is no return.”

-- Sen. Frank Church (D-Idaho)



NSA spying on America makes some people much more powerful than others, meaning things can't get much more un-democratic than Secret Government.

MADem

(135,425 posts)
27. A Russian newspaper report suggests a far greater level of collusion between Snowden, WikiLeaks, and
Sat Aug 31, 2013, 03:47 PM
Aug 2013
Russia than previously admitted.


http://www.buzzfeed.com/maxseddon/report-snowden-reached-out-to-russian-authorities-while-stil

But hey, whatever gets you through the night!

MADem

(135,425 posts)
36. I am not "throwing" a thing.
Sat Aug 31, 2013, 04:52 PM
Aug 2013

But do keep posting non-responsive pictures to news articles out of Russia!

They're the internet equivalent of "Waaaah!"

Hydra

(14,459 posts)
38. I'm just reminded of Ken Starr
Sat Aug 31, 2013, 05:24 PM
Aug 2013

At some point, you'll find the holy grail link between Assange and every act of journalistic "terrorism" that's occurred lately. Even if it's an entirely different woman.

MADem

(135,425 posts)
39. Speaking of Assange (and YOU brought HIM up, not me), his hosts have told him to please STFU.
Sat Aug 31, 2013, 05:31 PM
Aug 2013

He's wearing out his welcome, apparently.

http://www.theguardian.com/media/2013/aug/30/julian-assange-embassy

And judging by his stupid costume, he's also jumping the shark.

MADem

(135,425 posts)
55. When people lose their sense of humor, you've got 'em on the ropes.
Sun Sep 1, 2013, 08:52 AM
Sep 2013

Just sayin'....

But here ya go: http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2013/08/01/nsa-edward-snowden-russia-temporary-asylum/2607737/

He's having so much fun where ever they're holding him that he can't even pop his head up to let the world know he's alive! Love that Russian Freedom!

 

Scuba

(53,475 posts)
59. Nothing in the link you provided backs your claim that Snowden said Russia is a "bastion ...
Sun Sep 1, 2013, 09:04 AM
Sep 2013

... of truth, justice and freedom".

MADem

(135,425 posts)
18. I think his puppet Medvedev should be thrilled--what a figure!
Sat Aug 31, 2013, 03:23 PM
Aug 2013

If he decided to stop being a patsy for Pootie, he could make serious money as a body double with that shape!!!

Bay Boy

(1,689 posts)
33. Confusing headline...
Sat Aug 31, 2013, 04:10 PM
Aug 2013

...who was wearing the lingerie? The artist while making the painting? Or Putin while posing for the painting?

MADem

(135,425 posts)
57. Best looking politician, hands down, was that asshole Giuliani.
Sun Sep 1, 2013, 08:59 AM
Sep 2013

He looked great as a woman--much better looking with the Monroe get-up than in a suit with his pointed head. He had lousy taste in men, glomming on to Trump in that foolish video, though!

I think it's curious how some folks do the gender-bending thing in an effort to "insult" the politicians...and that's the mind-set where some of those photoshops come from (not all, but some). I think people that do that kind of thing with anger or hate in their hearts are saying more about themselves than they realize.

For those just having a bit of fun, a light-hearted "What if?" game, without any overlay of negativity, that of course does not apply.

fujiyama

(15,185 posts)
43. Putin is an insecure thug
Sat Aug 31, 2013, 09:08 PM
Aug 2013

but Russian society strikes me as uber masculine and very homophobic so Putin's offense at this is no surprise I guess.

struggle4progress

(120,366 posts)
47. Different countries have different notions of national security issues, it seems
Sat Aug 31, 2013, 10:20 PM
Aug 2013

I wonder how Russian authorities would have reacted if David Miranda had been intercepted in a Russian airport with a bunch of secret Russian government documents

MADem

(135,425 posts)
58. David WHO?
Sun Sep 1, 2013, 09:02 AM
Sep 2013
Ve saw NO David Anyone een airport here. No David on plane. No David come to Russia! Other airport make mistake!!!!!

I hear Siberia is lovely at this time of year.....
 

DeSwiss

(27,137 posts)
50. This......
Sat Aug 31, 2013, 11:43 PM
Aug 2013

...is how Putin and Medeyev will always be remembered. Isn't that GREAT!

- I hope they use it in all the future history books!

K&R



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