Russia Bans Image of Putin in Drag

[David Morris]

Fake Images

http://www.thedailybeast.com/cheats/2017/04/06/russia-bans-image-of-putin-in-drag.html?via=desktop&source=copyurl

An image of Vladimir Putin wearing makeup has been banned in Russia, adding
to a list of forbidden “extremist” materials that already numbered over
4,000. No. 4,071 now contends that a poster depicting Putin with painted
lips and eyes illegally implies “the supposed nonstandard sexual
orientation of the president of the Russian Federation.” Putin has been
commonly photoshopped into drag in images since 2013, when Russia passed a
law banning gay “propaganda.” *The Moscow Times* reports the new ban may be
related to a May 2016 verdict that came after a man called AV Tsvetkov
circulated the photoshopped picture with others—including ones that showed
Putin and Russian Prime Minister Dmitri Medvedev in Nazi uniforms. Online,
images of Putin in drag are being shared to spite the ban, often gleefully.
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