In a small Russian town, a pensioner's street art denounces Ukraine conflict

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BOROVSK, Russia — Over 20 years, Russian pensioner Vladimir Ovchinnikov gained a following for his street murals in the small town of Borovsk, some 70 miles (115 km) southwest of Moscow, many of which depicted the plight of victims of Stalinist-era repressions. But on March 25, just over a month after Russia sent tens of thousands of troops into Ukraine,...

A view shows a mural created by local artist Vladimir Ovchinnikov on the wall of a former prison, which is currently converted into a tourist site, in the town of Borovsk in the Kaluga region, Russia, Dec 7, 2022.BOROVSK, Russia — Over 20 years, Russian pensioner Vladimir Ovchinnikov gained a following for his street murals in the small town of Borovsk, some 70 miles southwest of Moscow, many of which depicted the plight of victims of Stalinist-era repressions.

He painted a girl, in a blue and yellow dress, the colours of the Ukrainian flag, with a bomb falling onto her from above. Beneath her, in block capitals, he wrote: "STOP". It triggered a game of cat-and-mouse between Ovchinnikov and police in Borovsk, a town of 12,000 people

 

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