A street mural by a Russian pensioner, of a girl in a dress with the colors of the Ukrainian flag and a bomb falling onto her, fell afoul of laws passed by the Russian government effectively criminalizing opposition to the military campaign in Ukraine
But on March 25, just over a month after Russia sent tens of thousands of troops into Ukraine, Ovchinnikov created a new work, one that would place him in serious legal jeopardy.
The mural fell afoul of new laws passed by the Russian government effectively criminalising opposition to the military campaign in Ukraine.The mural was painted over and Ovchinnikov ordered to pay a 35,000 rouble fine for the new offence of "discrediting the Russian army", which carries a maximum penalty of five years in prison.
It triggered a game of cat-and-mouse between Ovchinnikov and police in Borovsk, a town of 12,000 people
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